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cybmole · 11-15-2010, 08:49 AM

it was a lit source found online - 1 of 6 in a series, wcich may all have the same bug - - the gap between words is already missing in the lit source.
I had a quick go with sigil - it seems only able to handle epub - both lit & mobi version of same book appear as garbage. sigil has find replace, but not spell check.

notepad ++ displays garbage for all 3 formats unless I'm missing an obvious trick

convert to word + rtf is what I've used in the past then convert back again - spell check is good but has no way to turn off flagging all capitalised words, and a typical novel has lots of those. - like peoples' names..
i was not aware of teh tewak epub option so I@ll check that out also thanks.

the general issue though is that typos in ALL e-books annoy me - enough to want go go back & fix them if there is any likelihood of reading the book again at a future time.

without a spell checker & a good memory , it can be hard to track them all down though, after finishing the book; unless I make notes while reading - & that spoils the reading experience somewhat.

PS as an aside on legal sources, I checked kindle store for this series & they don't have it
- is it sensible to assume that if a book is not available on Kindle, then it is very unlikely to be available in any other e-book format, in any other store , and not bother looking ?
how were .lit source books sold, back in the pre-Kindle , pre-Sony era ?

11-15-2010, 08:49 AM	#4
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	it was a lit source found online - 1 of 6 in a series, wcich may all have the same bug - - the gap between words is already missing in the lit source. I had a quick go with sigil - it seems only able to handle epub - both lit & mobi version of same book appear as garbage. sigil has find replace, but not spell check. notepad ++ displays garbage for all 3 formats unless I'm missing an obvious trick convert to word + rtf is what I've used in the past then convert back again - spell check is good but has no way to turn off flagging all capitalised words, and a typical novel has lots of those. - like peoples' names.. i was not aware of teh tewak epub option so I@ll check that out also thanks. the general issue though is that typos in ALL e-books annoy me - enough to want go go back & fix them if there is any likelihood of reading the book again at a future time. without a spell checker & a good memory , it can be hard to track them all down though, after finishing the book; unless I make notes while reading - & that spoils the reading experience somewhat. PS as an aside on legal sources, I checked kindle store for this series & they don't have it - is it sensible to assume that if a book is not available on Kindle, then it is very unlikely to be available in any other e-book format, in any other store , and not bother looking ? how were .lit source books sold, back in the pre-Kindle , pre-Sony era ? Last edited by cybmole; 11-15-2010 at 08:57 AM.