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Absolutely. Most books I read would be significantly worse to read without that static layout, pretty much every paper, every programming book, every science bo
by Sakos 3y ago
Absolutely. Most books I read would be significantly worse to read without that static layout, pretty much every paper, every programming book, every science book, etc. I want books that are explicitly designed by somebody who gives a crap for a certain page size, not some automatic algorithm that gives me something that maybe fits the screen but loses all the context around the few lines I'm reading.
I can't remember a single non-fiction epub that was better than or even equal to the PDF.
- agumonkey 3y agoI just fetched the PDF version of a book after being annoyed by the random reflow of the epub. Even though I appreciate epub logic and size...
- helboi4 3y agoyep i agree. unless the book is a stream of text that doesn't require layout factors it is better with a pdf. I'd rather manually move around the page. If the book is just a stream of text type of book then epub is of course better but that's not all books.
- pythonaut_16 3y agoIn my experience it comes down to the type of book. Novels and narratives with just a few supporting tables, illustrations, or diagrams? EPUB is probably preferable. But anything remotely technical with code snippets, diagrams, screenshots, tables, etc, PDF is going to be infinitely better.