Various formats for Sony PRS-700---which one?

thibaulthalpern · 03-22-2009, 08:05 PM

I'm trying to understand what are the advantages and disadvantageous of each of the popular digital book formats, including Sony's own proprietary format.

I generally favour variants of the PDF because it not only preserves the font style and typography but also the layout. Beyond that, I don't know what other format to choose. This question comes up for me when I'm buying a format and there is no variant of the PDF (e.g., no Adobe Digital Edition) and I don't know if I should choose LRF, ePub, Mobi, or whatnot.

Any clues? Or perhaps let me know where I can read up?

Thanks!

grooks · 03-22-2009, 08:13 PM

LRF would probably look best on your Sony followed by ePub. PDF keeps the layout only if the font is on 'Small', otherwise it will reflow and place odd paragraph breaks and make conversations confusing. Mobi would require conversion to a format readable on the Sony and I have no experience working with that.

03-22-2009, 08:05 PM	#1
thibaulthalpern Evangelist Posts: 478 Karma: 451808 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: California, USA Device: my two eyes, KLiiK, Sony PRS-700	Various formats for Sony PRS-700---which one? I'm trying to understand what are the advantages and disadvantageous of each of the popular digital book formats, including Sony's own proprietary format. I generally favour variants of the PDF because it not only preserves the font style and typography but also the layout. Beyond that, I don't know what other format to choose. This question comes up for me when I'm buying a format and there is no variant of the PDF (e.g., no Adobe Digital Edition) and I don't know if I should choose LRF, ePub, Mobi, or whatnot. Any clues? Or perhaps let me know where I can read up? Thanks!

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03-22-2009, 08:13 PM	#2
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	LRF would probably look best on your Sony followed by ePub. PDF keeps the layout only if the font is on 'Small', otherwise it will reflow and place odd paragraph breaks and make conversations confusing. Mobi would require conversion to a format readable on the Sony and I have no experience working with that.

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