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Graham · 10-11-2011, 04:15 AM

Update to my comments about the quality of the files...

While the formatting of the book is excellent, there are a lot of scanning errors (about one per page) in the book I'm reading - "The Shadow of Heaven" by Bob Shaw. I'm highlighting as I go, and I'll submit them to Gollancz at the end.

The biggest issue is perhaps understandable. The book centres around an island in the sky known as an "Ile", which has mostly been converted to "He" in the book. However, there are lots of other errors as well, particularly missing opening quotes.

I'm still enjoying the book (though I did say to my wife last night that I was going to settle down and "proof-read another chapter"), and I'd still recommend that we support the Gateway whole-heartedly, but it looks like they might need a little help from their friends to clean up the catalogue.

Graham

10-11-2011, 04:15 AM	#77
Graham Wizard Posts: 2,742 Karma: 32912427 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North Yorkshire, UK Device: Kobo H20, Pixel 2, Samsung Chromebook Plus	Update to my comments about the quality of the files... While the formatting of the book is excellent, there are a lot of scanning errors (about one per page) in the book I'm reading - "The Shadow of Heaven" by Bob Shaw. I'm highlighting as I go, and I'll submit them to Gollancz at the end. The biggest issue is perhaps understandable. The book centres around an island in the sky known as an "Ile", which has mostly been converted to "He" in the book. However, there are lots of other errors as well, particularly missing opening quotes. I'm still enjoying the book (though I did say to my wife last night that I was going to settle down and "proof-read another chapter"), and I'd still recommend that we support the Gateway whole-heartedly, but it looks like they might need a little help from their friends to clean up the catalogue. Graham Last edited by Graham; 10-13-2011 at 09:07 AM. Reason: had noted the wrong Bob Shaw title! Changed "Vertigo" to "The Shadow of Heaven".