[cybmole]

like the title says, what's the easiest way to fix up an e-book file
e.g. I've done reading a book but I recall there being some annoying typos or spelling errors & I now want to go into the source, find them & fix them, to keep my OCD at bay :-)

should I go directly to sigil ? or are there other products that I should short list.

essential feature would be a word style find+replace, or spell check, + the ability to work within the ebook format & not have to convert to something else before & after patching.

as an aside I'm currently puzzled by a novel which contains a lot of Japanese words; because very frequently a Japanese word and it's preceding English word have merged i.e. there is no intervening space. It's decipherable but I wonder what could cause such a conversion artifact. extract below is from my source (lit) format. it only seems to happen for english+japanese word pairs, never for english+english word pairs

e.g.
"The waitress brought us the twoyuzukiri. Without a sound she knelt on thetatami, placed each dish on the table, slightly repositioned them in accordance with some strict mental framework, stood, bowed, and departed."

e.g. 2
"I remembered for a moment the first time I heard the wordainoko, half-breed. It happened at school, and I asked my father about it that night. He scowled and said only, “Taishita koto nai.” It’s nothing. But pretty soon I got to hear the word while theijimekko, the school bullies, were busy trying to beat the shit out of me, and I put two and two together."

I realise I'd have to patch all of these instances by hand & in this case I doubt that I will bother, but I am curious as to possible cause ?