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Difference between pdf and pdf basic format on Zlibrary (same with any other format)? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Greetings,

When downloading books from zlibrary, the top option is the format which is stated in the description, with "basic format" added in the end. The rest of the options may include the same format without the "basic format" tag in the end and they are slightly bigger.

What's their difference? Is it the same document re-formated to the same format thus making it slightly bigger or does it have anything extra?

Like, supposing there's a book which is a pdf. The options may be:

pdf basic format 1.2mb
pdf 1.25mb
epub 1mb

What's the difference between the first two?

PS. My first post on lemmy!🙃

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

have you tried to download both files and comparing the differences?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

That was smart actually.😅

Just tried it on "The night circus" book and the only difference I could find is an extra page on the pdf (no tag) version (the second page to be exact, which has the cover again like the first page).

Is that all? Do the "basic format" versions just have the cover once?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about bookmarks?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If by that you mean the index page where you press a link-word (usually underlined and blue as it's a local(?) link) and sends you to the appropriate page, it works on both.

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