[terrypin]

My wife and I both have Kindles and the error rate is annoying us immensely.

For example, in 'Staring at the Sun' by Julian Barnes, I've encountered 5 obvious errors in about the first 10% of the book. I've tediously identified their locations for subsequent reporting to Amazon.

Location 71
"his head jerked on Lis neck..."
Should be "his...".

Location 266
"Uncle Leslie went firsthand pulled out both laces..."
Should be "first and...".

Location 437
"I'm sure J will..."
Should be "I will...".

Location 456
"TU tell you..."
Should be "To tell you...".

That took close to an hour of re-reading and message composition. (I've
given up on finding the 5th error.)

So having paid £5.22, am I now to be an unpaid proofreader?

It's clear that these books are being scanned and then being VERY poorly
checked.

I realise that the publisher is the primary villain here, but it's Amazon
I'm paying. Their management of publishers is plainly poor, and customers are suffering.

And to repeat a point that appears to have been made by many over a year
or two, in various forums including Amazon's own Discussions, they should
add a menu item in the Kindle software that would allow users to quickly
report errors AS THEY ARE FOUND. That would considerably speed up their
communication to the publisher and hence correction and re-issue. With a
copy of the revised version going automatically to original purchasers.
It's astonishing that they have not acted on this after so many requests.

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Terry, East Grinstead, UK