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Message: <blockquote data-quote="genshou" data-source="post: 4639767" data-attributes="member: 13164">This analogy is so good I want to bear your manbabies.Why would *I* as a purchaser of electronic RPG material want any format other than PDF?  I can easily (and legibly) look at two visually appealing pages at a time on my screen, easily search the document using the processing power of a desktop or notebook computer, copy & paste material straight into my notes or onto my gaming wiki, and use a hyperlinked table of contents to get to the right section fairly quickly.  If I want a collection of notes about a campaign or what have you, I have wiki software for that (and use it).  If I want a well-written published document, I want it in book format so it's less of a pain to read "cover to cover".  If all the information in a 100-page book was sorted into a series of separate documents (such as a bundled html database), I wouldn't bother reading 100% of it.  It's easy to flip to the next page (or hit the right arrow key when perusing a PDF) and reopen the PDF to the same spot as last time if I have to take a break; not so easy to remember if I clicked each hyperlink when my browser doesn't store cache data between sessions.If your PC doesn't have a large enough screen resolution to view a PDF two pages at a time legibly (1024x768), GET OUT OF THE STONE AGE AND SPEND FIFTY BUCKS ON A DECENT MONITOR!As to handheld organizers, why would I want to read a book on one?  They're even smaller than a real book, and I have to strain my poor eyes as it is when reading the text on those tiny screens.  I'll lose the ability to see my fingers right in front of my eyes if I try to read hundreds of pages of gaming material on them.</blockquote>

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