Modern e-readers such as the Amazon Kindle are incredible pieces of engineering, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement. A device custom-built to your own specifications …
  • @otacon239@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•7 days ago

    Except that a PDF isn’t dynamic. You’d be locked to whatever the page/text ratio was on every unique screen size. Not to mention all of the accessibility you lose because you can’t use a dyslexia-friendly font or increase the font size for bad eyesight.

    That’s all before we get into the performance hits. EPUB certainly has its place in the market.

    • @MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1•7 days ago

      Yeah, i mean, why does the author need to be able to influence styling that much in a fucking ebook? That’s why, use a pdf then, if you want to force styling that much.

      Btw, there’s FictionBook. But some find it too limited?