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I mostly read physics textbooks, and the amount of typos in these is staggering. (Whoever thought OCR'ing a math equation was a good idea?!!!)
Anyway, when I'm feeling bored, here's what I do:
1. I download the free sample of a given book.
2. I read through it and make a list of all the OCRed typos I find, including line number. (For physics textbooks, I've never had fewer than 50 in the sample, so this takes awhile.)
3. I delete the sample, and email Kindle Customer Support, saying that I would have bought the book, but there were too many typos. I then list them by line number.
Usually, Kindle Customer Support forwards the list to the publisher, and the book gets pulled within a day or two. They *say* they'll be fixed soon, but I have yet to see any of those books return.
This way the publishers know that it's the *typos* that are holding back their ebooks, and furthermore, no one gets burned by purchasing an unusable book. (Physics textbooks really are unusable if the math is screwed up.)
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