PDFs are readable via computers but...it's not a reflowable format so it'll be rather challenging for those with ebook devices to read the text considering only the Iliad and the Sony even support PDF. I'm not sure how well PDF transfers to ipods either. It's just for ebooks I really wish they'd move towards a reflowable format like epub so that anyone can read the novel on either their computers or ebook reading devices.
I use Adobe Acrobat to convert the files to html if necessary it's just I'm really hoping ebooks become more popular but I don't see how that'll happen if they keep publishing them in a limited format like PDF. Not everyone knows how to convert documents from PDF to HTML let alone how to clean up the html coding.
not saying PDF is evil or bad it's really good for what it's meant to do which is retain the formatting of documents for print however...for a medium that shifts as much as ebooks PDF isn't ideal.
Um...sorry for soapboxing here. :( This is something that bugged me a few weeks ago when the Patriot Witch was shared for free as a promotion for the trilogy and yet the ebook was in PDF and I had to spend an hour or two to convert it to read on my ebook device.
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I use Adobe Acrobat to convert the files to html if necessary it's just I'm really hoping ebooks become more popular but I don't see how that'll happen if they keep publishing them in a limited format like PDF. Not everyone knows how to convert documents from PDF to HTML let alone how to clean up the html coding.
not saying PDF is evil or bad it's really good for what it's meant to do which is retain the formatting of documents for print however...for a medium that shifts as much as ebooks PDF isn't ideal.
Um...sorry for soapboxing here. :( This is something that bugged me a few weeks ago when the Patriot Witch was shared for free as a promotion for the trilogy and yet the ebook was in PDF and I had to spend an hour or two to convert it to read on my ebook device.