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Maybe this problem isn't so important as I see it, but anyway.

Please notice the question was "for reading", because I think writer always should choose format that will be most convenient for readers. TXT format seems to be the most popular here, but without line-breaks it's unsuitable for reading from browser, and with line-breaks it usually becomes unsuitable for printing. Also there are no standards for the line width (in characters).

Dagdamor wrote: Also there are no standards for the line width (in characters).

I have had trouble with that myself.

I would like to suggest here around 80 characters per line for those formats which do not use Word Wrap.

In my experience, rtf has all the features you'll need and  most everybody can read em.

I generally prefer to use RTF and txt.

And I believe it's traditional to wrap txt files at 72 charaters.

gkscotty wrote: And I believe it's traditional to wrap txt files at 72 charaters.

Ah.  Even better.

I'm used to reading the txt formats. Notepad documents also take up less space than Word documents.

For preference, rtf, thought txt is also useable. rtf is one of those ISO standards, so no company can get a stranglehold on it. Chances are, if there's a computer of any kind out there, someone has written an rtf reader for it.

Rich Text, for me. Though I think fiction in script format gets away with TXT just fine - it's easier to read with NotePad, or whatever. You could use a monospace font in a RTF file, too, but I can't see why.

PDF is a b*tch, DOC is MS, HTML is... well, awesome if you're writing fiction with hyperlinks.