ebooks and pdf?

[lconrad-O0WJhd4tT3hg9hUCZPvPmw at public.gmane.org (Laura Conrad)]

>>>>> "Jerry" == Jerry Feldman <gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org> writes:

    >> I think it's a pretty simple conversion between epub and html, so I'm
    >> assuming it's likely there will be programs that can read it for the
    >> forseeable future.  
    >> 
    >> If I did get paranoid about that, I could have calibre convert all my
    >> epubs to html.  So far I haven't done that.
    >> 
    >> 
    Jerry> Why not run a test and see which format you prefer.

I think with my current display program (FBReader), there's no
difference.  The issue would be if future display programs worked with
one and not the other.  HTML has demonstrated longevity, and the OP was
claiming that epub hasn't yet.

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