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marst · 03-12-2014, 03:09 AM

Thanks very much for these replies. I might well just go ahead and proof it myself.

I made the time-wasting mistake of trying to cope with the book's iBooks version (which is EPUB, but what a bizarre way Apple has of putting that together) -- and gave up, the reason having to do with that "protection"-related topic we are discouraged from discussing here. It seemed a punishing prospect...

It's strange that the publisher opted for both Kindle and iBooks format, but didn't release an EPUB file of the Barnes and Noble variety. (Those, I can open in my Android e-reader directly following a short login procedure.)

I've had a few Kindle books that must have been done using this Topaz format -- judging by the above descriptions. One book had so many bizarre and ghastly typos (clearly OCR-related) that it was painful to read. Amazon, to its credit, was willing to take the thing back and refund the purchase price. I was a typesetter, back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth. We were required to proof our stuff before sending it out the door -- before the customer's own proofreaders started in on it. Standards appear to have changed...

Thanks again.

03-12-2014, 03:09 AM	#4
marst Connoisseur Posts: 72 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Left coast, USA Device: Kobo Forma; Android tablet w/Mantano Reader	Thanks very much for these replies. I might well just go ahead and proof it myself. I made the time-wasting mistake of trying to cope with the book's iBooks version (which is EPUB, but what a bizarre way Apple has of putting that together) -- and gave up, the reason having to do with that "protection"-related topic we are discouraged from discussing here. It seemed a punishing prospect... It's strange that the publisher opted for both Kindle and iBooks format, but didn't release an EPUB file of the Barnes and Noble variety. (Those, I can open in my Android e-reader directly following a short login procedure.) I've had a few Kindle books that must have been done using this Topaz format -- judging by the above descriptions. One book had so many bizarre and ghastly typos (clearly OCR-related) that it was painful to read. Amazon, to its credit, was willing to take the thing back and refund the purchase price. I was a typesetter, back in the days when dinosaurs roamed the earth. We were required to proof our stuff before sending it out the door -- before the customer's own proofreaders started in on it. Standards appear to have changed... Thanks again.