Re: reader polling shows shift in preferred formats

> 1. reader polling shows shift in preferred formats
>     From: Brenna Lyons

> It was interesting (to me at least) that PDF's dominance was less  
> than 40%.
> I had expected it to be higher since PDF can be read on the  
> majority of
> devices, but perhaps this reinforces the fact that there are now some
> strong, popular, other formats/reading methods out there.

It's mostly about content availability, second about DRM.

A vast quantity of material that one might want to read on an eBook  
device is available in PDF format. That probably accounts for its  
_popularity_.

Availability of popular, mainstream, recent "mainstream" titles, in  
PDF that "can be read on the majority of devices" (i.e. normal  
unrestricted PDF), is limited.

Adobe once had a restricted "Adobe eBook Reader" format, readable  
with a dedicated application (_not_ Acrobat Reader) on a full PC (Mac  
or WIndows). I don't think that format is readable on most current  
eBook devices. And content availability was always limited.

That probably accounts for it being popular, but not a dominant as  
might have been expected. How can PDF dominate if you the stuff you  
actually want to read isn't available in that format?



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