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Originally Posted by theducks
Would you pay extra for a NEW car with mis-matched fenders? Bent wheels? Bubbles in the paint?
So why would you pay more for a e-book with more errors than its Hardbound cousin? You are paying nearly the same price  for something the already tend to short you on the nice cover. An e-book error usually can be corrected in minutes...No plates to make. No Press run to schedule. And No Warehouse stock to replace.
No excuses, just Greed and laziness. |
I must respectfully disagree, ducks. For backlist books where no electronic version exists there certainly is a choice to be made about what level of proofing to do after OCRing the book. More proofing = higher cost. For books with a relatively low anticipated sales volume, such as old "mid-list" SF, it's probably not economic to aim to produce a completely error-free book at a sensible price. It's a matter of finding the optimal balance between quality and price. Too many errors and you'll annoy the reader; too high a price and the potential reader won't buy it in the first place. I can live with an error every 10 pages, say. I can't with live an error on every page.