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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
Out of perhaps a similarly morbid curiosity, do you feel that food companies should be able to make the decision of whether or not to list the ingredients of their products?
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Hmmmm.... can an ebook trigger a life-threatening allergy? From arguing apples and oranges, we are now arguing apples and coal? BTW, while food ingredients mandated by law to be listed on the
packaging, how many times do you see the ingredients listed in your local grocery stores flyer? Oddly, something I admire about Amazon.ca where they do attempt to include the nutrition and ingredient portions of the package labeling in their images for a product though at times, I have wondered about their preference for the French language ingredient list.
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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
Catto created and formatted the book, so they bear the responsibility for making sure they're distributing a usable format.
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Their ebook is in a usable format -- for an epub3 compliant ebook. Azardi opens it happily, the Kobo/ACCESS renderer opens it happily, iBooks opens it happily. And if you really believe that the customer is going to complain to Catto and not Kobo, I have a bridge you might be interested in purchasing.
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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
Meanwhile, I consider proper labeling a Very Big Deal. Customers have a fundamental right to know what they're buying, and companies do not have a right to conceal that information from them.
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What right to life does a person drowning in the middle of the Pacific ocean have? Over the years, I have grown truly tired of those who argue everything they want is a "fundamental right". After reading about a court case, where it was argued that using Facebook was a "fundamental right", asking me to believe that anything is a fundamental right is going to take a rather large amount of persuasion.
I would like Kobo to supply more information. I don't believe that I have a "fundamental right" to that information. I suspect that if enough of their customers request that information, they can be pressured into making it available. If you want to make it a "right", pressure your government into making publishing that information a requirement.
Regards,
David