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Old 10-13-2010, 11:00 PM   #13
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Definitely write to HarperCollins, to the production department. What was the book?
The book was Deepsix, by Jack McDevitt. I did contact Harper Collins through their site feedback line. More importantly, so did Mr. McDevitt, after I emailed him to inform him of his sabotaged product. They may not care about my complaints (they haven't responded to me), but they may listen to their author. Maybe.

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I am especially curious about when the book was originally published. I would think that most current ebooks would be produced from the same files as the physical book, so there shouldn't be any difference in errors (except possibly formatting errors).
Copyright for the book, and the ebook, is listed as 2001. Somehow, I doubt this ebook was created nine years ago: It was scanned from a 2001 printed copy, probably within the last year.

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Singling out the proofreader for censure is a bad idea.
Only for the proofreader... or whoever told them to do a half-assed job. And I'm sure I'm not the only one who remembers the phrase "Pride in ownership."
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