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by krastanov 1836 days ago
I am surprised anyone would want reflow in their PDFs (that is what epub is for). The PDFs I read would be completely ruined even by minor reflow (e.g. I work with two-column text with many inline figures and math). PDF inherently as a format is not meant to have reflow.

With that context, I love reading PDFs on my remarkable 2. Zooming and panning also works pretty well (given the slow refresh rate of e-ink).

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The only reason I can think of, is people being unaware of ePub existence.

I agree with you. If you want something that can be reflowed, get the ePub version. Or, if it's meant to be made from images, get the CBZ version.

Reflow is offered by Adobe: https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2020/09/23/adobe-unveils-a...

Unfortunately you have to send the file to their servers, which is probably a no-go for many.