Thread: Spoiled Kindle experience: too much sloppy content
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Old 08-07-2013, 10:53 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
One reason: Because they don't *want* ebooks to succeed. They don't want ebook readers to think of ebooks as being just as good as paper books, especially hardcovers. They want readers to associate ebooks with lower quality, sloppy writing, and annoying errors. They believe that readers will decide to buy hardcovers instead of ebooks--instead of deciding that there's no notable difference in quality between mainstream publisher ebooks and indie/self-pub $1.99 ebooks.
Agreed. I have purchased about 200 books from Amazon and so far only 1 has been bad. Lots of errors, formatting was awful, etc.
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