OMG so well written everyone.
As a translator and coywriter and proofreader (yes, the one that gets paid for "doing nothing" but man is that A LOT of nothing)--never more than one position in the same work--it is really frustrating to not be understood.
I have always said that is the "secret workings" of a good publisher. (My bf took forever to realize exactly what I do and how much work it is but that is another story
) Cutting corners = lower quality = not good.
I agree that there should be another level of editing/processing for ebooks--"conversion proofreaders" (???). Checking their texts on available devices to make sure the conversion displays well. And yes, that will make the ebooks have more editing cost offsetting a bit the savings on print materials.
I guess for me, the problem came with having not understood that amazon et al. actually
change something in the product (e-text) through their conversion for sales making it not function the way it did beforehand.
This would only affect the formatting, however, not the copy text, correct? That is new information for me and rather disappointing, actually. When the retailer/device company changes or alters the ebook through conversion or the programming of their devices and the rendering there is errored, than for me that is their fault (provided the ebook renders well on other devices/programs).
And that means I should be giving recogntion to those working for publishers who actively work in the "background" to fix these bugs.
Karma to all!
