My biggest gripe with PDF ebooks

michaelmiller · 01-08-2009, 04:36 PM

I have quite a few DRM pdf ebooks and i think my biggest gripe with them is that any resizing makes the file easier to read but harder to comprehend.

This is most obvious (to me anyway) in pages with dialogue between multiple characters. Instead of every characters speech beginning on a new line, everything runs together making it impossible sometimes to figure out who has actually said what.

If this can be fixed in an update it will make my reader one of the best buys I've made. Sometimes it frustrates the life out of me with its formatting, but when I get a totally readable file (epub) of a good book I don't regret buying it for one minute. Just a pity the UK source of ebooks is pretty poor compared to that of the US.

grooks · 01-08-2009, 04:40 PM

Comprehending dialogue would also be my biggest complaint reading pdfs on my Sony. I can deal with the other reflow issues. I do read a lot of books from my local library.

SteveK · 01-11-2009, 10:47 PM

I agree that it can be very difficult to "follow" dialogue with reflowed PDF. You almost have to look for opening/closing quotation marks when you read, which is very inconvenient. I don't mind the occasional page with just a few words on it, but the dialogue mangling is definitely a problem.

SteveK

01-08-2009, 04:36 PM	#1
michaelmiller Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony reader 505, 600, BeBook	My biggest gripe with PDF ebooks I have quite a few DRM pdf ebooks and i think my biggest gripe with them is that any resizing makes the file easier to read but harder to comprehend. This is most obvious (to me anyway) in pages with dialogue between multiple characters. Instead of every characters speech beginning on a new line, everything runs together making it impossible sometimes to figure out who has actually said what. If this can be fixed in an update it will make my reader one of the best buys I've made. Sometimes it frustrates the life out of me with its formatting, but when I get a totally readable file (epub) of a good book I don't regret buying it for one minute. Just a pity the UK source of ebooks is pretty poor compared to that of the US.

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01-08-2009, 04:40 PM	#2
grooks Wizard Posts: 1,326 Karma: 30250 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Myers, FL Device: Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma	Comprehending dialogue would also be my biggest complaint reading pdfs on my Sony. I can deal with the other reflow issues. I do read a lot of books from my local library.

01-11-2009, 10:47 PM	#3
SteveK Addict Posts: 272 Karma: 1017902 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Kindle PW, PW2, Kindle3, Kobo Glo, tablets, phone	I agree that it can be very difficult to "follow" dialogue with reflowed PDF. You almost have to look for opening/closing quotation marks when you read, which is very inconvenient. I don't mind the occasional page with just a few words on it, but the dialogue mangling is definitely a problem. SteveK

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