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Old 10-02-2010, 01:39 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by MrPLD View Post
We've just downloaded our first eBook (well, second really) and I'm stunned at how rottenly awful the formatting is and I have a very strong suspicion that it won't be the last one.
You're perfectly correct. Some commercial ebooks are very well formatted, and some are just awful - I would be ashamed to let some of the commercial ebooks I have read go out over my signature.

Could you be a bit more specific, though? What was the book? Who was the publisher? The reason I ask is that some time ago I started a Hall of Shame thread in which I reviewed the book and sent a copy of the review to the publisher. Very few replies, and not many people joined in. But I still think we need to actually do something like that rather than just complain on the forums. I don't think publishers will bother to have their books proof read or insist on high quality unless we make them.

Regards, Alex

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