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Originally Posted by starrigger
Jack McDevitt is a terrific guy and a fine writer, and it's a shame his books got caught in the works of careless and incompetent production. I winced a little when I saw that you'd left a 1-star review because of the poor production quality...
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It's been discussed around here before... and yes, I don't enjoy giving a low-star review of a book, but I make it clear in my review that it is strictly because of the production, not the content (which I do state is excellent).
Unfortunately, I don't know any other way to force publishers to improve ebook quality than to give it a review that may impact sales. Authors like Jack either don't know the condition of their books, or cannot force the publishes to take action and improve the books. Publishers won't even acknowledge my direct complaints. Publishers only respond to sales, and if they are aware that bad production is adversely impacting sales, they have a reason to act.
But if you think there's a better way to do this, by all means, let's talk about it (in this thread or elsewhere).