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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Yeah, 'cause they'd be stupid enough to not check/proof/edit/scan the file before selling it to the public.  And I'd be stupid enough to suggest doing that.
Besides your dogmatic beliefs, what exactly would be your concerns with a publisher downloading a digital file (that they have the digital distribution rights to), proofing it, correcting it, releasing it and making money on it?
You're saying it makes more sense (logistically and financially) for them to start from scratch? |
I doubt they would do anything themselves, they would just farm it out for a one-off fee. And if they used a trusted source they wouldn't need to proofread it like they would with a fan-made one. Lots of commercial ebooks have OCR errors in them, so at best they would just run it through a spellechecker. With a fan-made one they would need someone who is familiar with it to read it through to look for things like "Gandolf turned to Mr Ploppy and said Amazon is evil!!!!!!"