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I haven't found the current e-book releases that I have purchased to be any more error
prone than pbooks. Maybe I've been lucky, maybe it's that most recent ebook purchases
have been for newly produced ebooks/books. I suspect that most of the current
production from authors is in an electronic/digital form, so we are not talking about
scanned books and the errors that are associated with them.
Again, I may have been just lucky, but even recent purchases of classics from Bean
have not had any distracting errors. Books like "The Witches of Karres" and Andre
Norton's "Time Traders" seem to be error free and they were likely not originally provided
in a digital form.
In general I think that the quality of ebooks has been improving, at least in terms of
their production qualities.
As to pricing; I have no problem paying $15 for a recent released ebook of the next in a
series that I am reading, or about the same for a "pre-order" of a soon to be released
ebook from an author that I am following.
The "success" of the Agency Model for ebook pricing hurts the consumer who was willing
and able to shop around for the best price and those who would take advantage of a
seller's price incentives for "consumer loyalty". The publishers now have to price for the
market, if they expect to have the sales the market can provide. It should also mean
that if they decide to lower the price so that Amazon and B&N can sell a couple hundred
thousand additional copies - the price is also lowered for all the other retailers. (This is
of special interest to us "Topaz" haters and those with ereaders that use less common
formats.)
Luck;
Ken
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