Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf
But the issue is that they don't do quality eBooks. The formatting is a mess and backlist eBooks that need to be scanned/OCRed can be fraught with errors. It's like they just make the eBooks and don't even bother to look at them. They seems to have an automated process that they think is actually good but it's not.
How would you feel if you bought a novel in paper and found that there were no indents, large spaces between the paragraphs, a tiny font size, lots of very noticeable errors, huge space for even chapter header, images too small to see well, fonts that are too light to read well, and other cock-ups they do when making eBooks? Yes, these are the sorts of things these cut-rate conversion houses do. They do it fast, they do it poor, and they don't care about the quality of heir work.
|
It is more than just 'not care'. The Office is after the workers to get it done 'faster' as they probably under bid to get the job in the first place.
(Fast) Proofing OCR takes someone who can glance at the language written and say 'That just looks wrong' and slow down (if the boss permits
) and discover
Why. I don't think I could do this for other than my native language. Could you?
Shame on the BPH's for not caring about a quality e-product. Shame on the author (or agent) for permitting a cr*p quality release with their name on it.