04-04-2010, 08:38 PM | #31 |
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typos..................one of the reasons I'm cool with file sharing.....for the time being.
But I fail to see the need for the publishers when you don't need the equipment of the printing industry. |
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File-sharing isn't really the way to go because it give ammunition to the DRM idiots. I think a better solution is to demand a refund every time you get a book with typos. You could, of course, read it and list all the typos before demanding your refund. If everyone did this, the publishers would have to sit up and listen. If it isn't the same quality as the paper version then they shouldn't be charging money for it.
Even for recent books they appear to be converting PDF to ebook. This, beyond anything, indicates to me that many publishers are clueless about the digital age. |
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On more than one occasion I have used Google Books to see if an error is in the print version. Unless it is an H&J error, it typically is.
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If the intention is to ultimately end up with a library full of ebooks without spelling mistakes, then file sharing is the way to get it. Anyone who finds a mistake in a fan-made ebook can either fix it themself and re-upload it, or post a list of corrections for someone else to act on.
Perhaps the publishers should offer some sort of bounty for proof reading, or at least have forums on their websites for people to report the mistakes they find. But they would need to act on those reports, otherwise people would soon lose interest in reporting them. |
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When you convert a novel length PDF to any other format, there WILL be errors. And unless you have people go through the PDF comparing it to the conversion so that all the errors are found and corrected. So yes, there will be errors and if not caught then we get them in the eBooks we buy.
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If the intention is to ultimately end up with a library full of ebooks without spelling mistakes, then file sharing is the way to get it. I do see where you're coming from: what I'm saying is that we shouldn't have to resort to file-sharing for this purpose. Over-reliance on file-sharing can have a negative impact on the consumer because rights holders use it as justification for DRM. But let's not turn this into a piracy thread, yes? There's nothing stopping you from reporting errors to the publisher in an e-mail. A forum isn't really necessary. |
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There ought to be some way to alert others that a book is poorly formatted. Print books can be flipped through in the bookstore, or previewed via Amazon's Look Inside feature, where such will be obvious; there's no equivalent for ebooks if you don't have a Kindle or Nook.
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I'm trying to understand all the ins and outs of this discussion, but the use of initials confuses me - perhaps it's obvious to everyone else here, but, what do OCR and OCD mean? Thanks in advance.
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