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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Without being specific, the e-book I just purchased, written by an established (though not "top-tier") author, has only been out for about 2 years, and was released in print by Daw. It is filled with numerous errors that can only indicate a bad scan-OCR job and no proofing afterward. It wasn't even consistent in chapter breaks and other formatting. Clearly there is a "Do it, but don't spend any money on it" mindset at work here.
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I don't want to appear negative but two years is old under the point of view that readers with success are less than a year old. I would even venture that noticeable popularity is just as old as the Kindle's birth; 2 months?
This means that before this, ebooks weren't even on publishing houses' radar screens, so it's probable that the book you talk about has been reworked from paper instead of the original desktop publishing file. Shamefull but probable.
As of now, ebooks, I'm sure, are tangible targets for all major publishing houses, and worthy enough of allowing special treatment to facture and marketing. This quality crisis we are treading through is temporary for newer works and will only affect older works; until they're deemed serious. But still it's a shame they weren't considered so before, for it will be very long before reworks are corrected.