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Originally Posted by eschwartz
Indeed, if you saw errors, it will be because the publishers use OCR to create a regular Kindle mobi7/8-formatted book. It happens a lot with backlisted titles, because they don't bother to proofread, which truly is a travesty.
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Failure to proofread seems to be all the rage these days with print books and e-books alike, and yes, it's a travesty. I've often wondered how that service is priced out. What does it cost a publishing company to have someone proofread, say, a 250-page book? Do proofreaders charge by the hour? Per 'x' words?
Publishers don't care to respond to e-mail messages pointing out when a book is riddled with typos. Well, I did get a reply once, which amounted to:
Well, you know, we've been kind of busy. Not terribly convincing.