On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:28 AM, Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Even without similar restrictions, I prefer some magazines to be in dead
> tree format over electronic.
>
> Unfortunately there aren't many good dead tree magazines left about
> Linux. I used to get the Linux Journal in print occasionally. Now it's
> digital only, which is okay, especially because their epub and mobi
> versions are quite readable.
>
> A couple of other magazines' (non Linux or computer-related in this
> case) idea of "digital" is PDF of the layout, which is not optimal, so
> for at least one of them I went back to dead tree.
I really do get why you'd prefer a reflowable format for some things,
but for me, the graphic design of a book or magazine (for some of
them, at least) can add a significant level of appeal to it. And I
don't think I'm alone in the geek world for appreciating good page
layout; look at how long Knuth spent on TeX so he could have his books
typeset well.
PDF is a wonderful format for a magazine because it preserves the
significant graphic design work that goes into magazines. I think
that an electronic-only publication probably ought to focus their
design work on a more flexible format and technical publications with
an electronic option ought to supply both PDF and some reflowable
e-book format, but I certainly enjoy the PDF option for publications
with significant graphic design elements.
--Levi
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