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From: Joshue O Connor
Date: May 12, 2010 10:27AM

Hi Denis,

> Does it even make sense to try and compare them?

Interesting question, I wonder if it is comparing apples and oranges a
little, as ePub is a publishing format for the industry IIRC (in an
effort to standardize electronic publishing), while PDFs are a more end
user consumption - though obviously they can be used by the publishing
industry but I hope you know what I am getting at).

It would be good to get other informed opinions on this. I guess to add
to the question a little (if that's ok), has ePub any technical
advantage over PDF for accessible consumption?

Cheers

Josh

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