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Originally Posted by GA Russell
It seems to me that it would not be unreasonable to have a situation where the free pirate edition is loaded with typos while the $2.99 official release is perfect.
In that scenario, I believe that most people would pay the $2.99. But if the eBook is $10.00, I believe that many will choose to tolerate the typos and go for the free edition.
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I agree. Unfortunately, today, even the $14.99 eBook is full if typos and formatting errors.
There once was a time when books were manually typeset. Did the publishers hire trained professionals, or hacks? Obviously they hired professionals. When books went to electronic typesetting, but printed on paper, they still got good people. Somehow, eBooks don't get the same quality. Most seem to be just dumped from the electronic typeset version with no proofing, and sold for full price - sometimes more than mass-market paperback. I'm getting pretty sick of having to proof and edit the books I've bought.
