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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
If that's you're only point, then I don't know why you would get the impression that anyone's actually disagreeing with you.
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Oh, I dunno, could be the insults and the pushback and the accusations of paranoia and the attempts to trivialize and marginalize the belief that there should be a respect for the text? I'm funny that way.
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What people are disagreeing with you about is what--if anything--can be done about it. The answer to the OP's original question is still "you don't ... and you probably never will be able to."
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For a start, admit that there IS a problem inherent with digital books--and I'm speaking of public domain books, basically. Stop making silly comparisons with print books being changed, because the situations are completely different.
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What could, Mobileread for example, do to give you the peace of mind to start trusting it enough to download public domain books from their library?
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Why would it be so difficult to have some guidelines for uploaders? Guidelines that say changes to text should not be made, unless clearly noted? Guidelines asking the uploader to note if the material has or has not been proofread? Guidelines asking for the source material to be stated?
Of course guidelines can be ignored. But at the very least, they can serve as reminders.
I would think that the people who put in a lot of careful effort would be the first ones who would want to encourage others to be equally painstaking. But apparently not, and that's rather sad.