Comments on: iRex DR1000 series to get Adobe support for PDF, ePub and accompanying DRM http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/irex-dr1000-series-to-get-adobe-support-for-pdf-epub-and-accompanying-drm/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: David Rothman http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/irex-dr1000-series-to-get-adobe-support-for-pdf-epub-and-accompanying-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-1013736 David Rothman Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:18:57 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/19/irex-dr1000-series-to-get-adobe-support-for-pdf-epub-and-accompanying-drm/#comment-1013736 I agree, Greg. That's why ePub exists! D I agree, Greg. That’s why ePub exists! D

]]> By: Greg M. http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/irex-dr1000-series-to-get-adobe-support-for-pdf-epub-and-accompanying-drm/comment-page-1/#comment-1013728 Greg M. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:29:07 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/02/19/irex-dr1000-series-to-get-adobe-support-for-pdf-epub-and-accompanying-drm/#comment-1013728 If (or when) the Kindle format gets on to other mobile devices, it will probably look better than a reflowed PDF on the screen. I think that will be a major advantage. Unless Adobe can truly retrofit the fixed-page format into a seamless reflow, the the PDF shouldn’t have a future in the ebook world. Sometimes things need to be thrown anyway and replaced, instead of fixed or patched. If (or when) the Kindle format gets on to other mobile devices, it will probably look better than a reflowed PDF on the screen. I think that will be a major advantage.

Unless Adobe can truly retrofit the fixed-page format into a seamless reflow, the the PDF shouldn’t have a future in the ebook world. Sometimes things need to be thrown anyway and replaced, instead of fixed or patched.

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