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Originally Posted by BWinmill
I'm pretty sure I'd notice the difference between cat food and salmon, especially if I'm doing the cooking. Likewise for a good ebook vs. a sloppy one. On the other hand, I'd notice that the salmon tastes better while eating it. I'm not sure that I could say the same for a poor ebook (formatting I'd almost ignore, although I may find my reading disrupted by poor OCR).
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So while typesetting and OCR other errors do not bother me unduly, if a book was 9.99 for example and a far inferior copy was 1/2 price I would pay the 9.99
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I should have said I would probably or possibly pay more, because even I do not know what I would do in any one case.
It is all in presentation, and if I was presented with two books and I was pretty sure both were okay within my less than exacting standards, I would probably buy the cheaper one.
If I knew for sure the cheaper one was crappy, well I would not buy it, hopefully although it would not be the first time I let thrift overcome good judgement.
Luckily for me, the books I have bought or borrowed from the library have all been acceptable, but my standards are not as exacting as some. I have actually read and enjoyed paper books with typesetting errors, and felt no need to complain
One paper book I read actually had the last few pages missing at printing. That upset me. I actually went to the store and checked the other copies, which were the same, and demanded a refund. Oh well.
Helen