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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
Part of it may be that you appear to have confused publishers with stores; B&N doesn't care what the books you buy from them look like, as they have no control over that. As for publishers' apathy, most of the complaints go to the stores, which have no reason to pass them along. Besides, by that time they already have your money; why would they worry about changing the book? What are you going to do, not buy a second copy?
Basically, I'm saying that ebooks don't work better due to widespread apathy, lack of investment in ebooks as a proper platform, and misdirected complaints. Get the complaints to the right places, and maybe things will change.
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You are right. I was bizarrely thinking of Barnes and Noble as a publisher although I do know better. I should have been referring to stores. Kobo is a store, Amazon is a store. Sorry for being confusing.
Not sure what you mean about the complaints though. Are the publishers complaining to the stores that their books appear too much like the way paper books are laid out and they want them harder to read? Stranger things have happened of course.
Helen