New Kindle 3 and a quick question about content?

Smudge · 01-02-2011, 04:08 PM

Totally new to e-readers and very happy so far with my new Kindle. I just downloaded my first book and am off and running (or reading). Can anyone tell me if the written content is EXACTLY the same in a Kindle book as the hardcopy edition would be? Thanks

Shack70 · 01-02-2011, 04:19 PM

Yes they are the same. If you read a book on Kindle and the paper version they will be exactly the same. Only real difference is the page numbering.

screwballl · 01-02-2011, 04:20 PM

A book is a book, whether it is on paper or digital ebook.. the only difference is that some books may remove the pictures in ebook versions.

OtterBooks · 01-02-2011, 06:39 PM

Every so often you may run into formatting errors or typos. This is more common with the free books, and less common you download them from a source that has proofed versions such as the Mobileread library.

desertgrandma · 01-02-2011, 06:41 PM

Yes.

Now, click on the library link below, and see the over 15,000 public domain ebooks available here.

Formatted by our own members, error proofed, and extra pages removed.

Enjoy.

HarryT · 01-02-2011, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Shack70

Yes they are the same. If you read a book on Kindle and the paper version they will be exactly the same. Only real difference is the page numbering.

I'm sorry to disagree, but that's certainly not always the case. Mobipocket books are capable of much less sophisticated formatting than paper books are (eg you can't have multiple typefaces in a book), so very often formatting will be lost in the eBook.

Shack70 · 01-02-2011, 06:47 PM

Yes I suppose you are right, if the book is formatted in some weird way then the formatting could be lost in translation to ebook format.

DiapDealer · 01-02-2011, 06:48 PM

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Can anyone tell me if the written content is EXACTLY the same in a Kindle book as the hardcopy edition would be? Thanks

Usually, the Kindle version is a pretty good representation of the pbook. Sometimes - like any ebook for any ereader - they stink on ice. Unless you read along in both versions at the same time, you may never know if they are exactly the same.

dwig · 01-02-2011, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Smudge

...Can anyone tell me if the written content is EXACTLY the same in a Kindle book as the hardcopy edition would be? ...

An ebook is a separate edition of the book just the way hardcover, trade paperback, and mass market paperbacks are different. Usually, the text is the same, but often there are fixes (typos in the original being fixed, ...), additions, and omissions that leave the various editions, including the ebook edition, slightly different. Even with the same type of edition, differences can be introduced in subsequent printings.

With ebook versions of current printings, it is likely that the ebook's datafile forked from the pbook version that it was derived from before the last proofreading pass done on the pbook. This can result in the pbook being fixed and the fixes not being migrated to the ebook.

01-02-2011, 04:08 PM	#1
Smudge Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: none	New Kindle 3 and a quick question about content? Totally new to e-readers and very happy so far with my new Kindle. I just downloaded my first book and am off and running (or reading). Can anyone tell me if the written content is EXACTLY the same in a Kindle book as the hardcopy edition would be? Thanks

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01-02-2011, 04:19 PM	#2
Shack70 Guru Posts: 775 Karma: 1043626 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: York, Pa Device: Kindle Fire 10", Honor 8 Android Phone	Yes they are the same. If you read a book on Kindle and the paper version they will be exactly the same. Only real difference is the page numbering.

01-02-2011, 04:20 PM	#3
screwballl NewKindler Posts: 504 Karma: 1865773 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: NWFL Device: Kindle3 Wifi	A book is a book, whether it is on paper or digital ebook.. the only difference is that some books may remove the pictures in ebook versions.

01-02-2011, 06:39 PM	#4
OtterBooks Wizard Posts: 1,262 Karma: 2979086 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Kindle 4, iPad Mini/Retina	Every so often you may run into formatting errors or typos. This is more common with the free books, and less common you download them from a source that has proofed versions such as the Mobileread library.

01-02-2011, 06:41 PM	#5
desertgrandma Enjoying the show.... Posts: 14,270 Karma: 10462841 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Arizona Device: A K1, Kindle Paperwhite, an Ipod, IPad2, Iphone, an Ipad Mini & macAir	Yes. Now, click on the library link below, and see the over 15,000 public domain ebooks available here. Formatted by our own members, error proofed, and extra pages removed. Enjoy.

01-02-2011, 06:47 PM	#7
Shack70 Guru Posts: 775 Karma: 1043626 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: York, Pa Device: Kindle Fire 10", Honor 8 Android Phone	Yes I suppose you are right, if the book is formatted in some weird way then the formatting could be lost in translation to ebook format.

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