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Wait, doesn't PDF support all of the above? Why require HTML rendering? All sorts of issues arise since HTML is markup based and not layout based like PDF or ePub...

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As far as I know, PDFs don't reflow text. They're only suitable for a fixed screen size.

There's reflowable PDF but when there are things like illustrations and tables, it gets really ugly and really useless really fast.

Have you tried reading a PDF on a kindle? It works. technically. But it's not pleasant.

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