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Originally Posted by GeoffR
Of course it would be illegal for me to share a corrected copy of the book, but would there be some way I could legally share the information needed for someone else to easily make the same corrections to their own copy of the ebook?
For example, if I used the unix diff program to make a patch file of changes between the original ebook and my own corrected version, would it be legal for me to distribute the diff file? Could I post it here on MobileRead?
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I don't know about a diff file (I supposed it'd depend on what's in it), but you could start a thread like the one we had for Lord of the Rings...
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=129885
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Or would I be better just to write to the retailer/publisher/author with a list of corrections and hope they fix the original ebook?
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The retailer can't make changes, although they can make the publisher aware of problems if they choose. Authors I've talked to are often willing to make their editor aware of errors, but have no real control when it comes to getting things done. I've never had any luck using the CS address on a big publishers website to get things actually fixed, but have with some smaller publishers. The only time I had success with a big publisher I did some Google detective work and managed to track down the email address for the Executive Editor for a particular imprint.