Thread: Could a guideline be added to encourage ebook uploaders to not change text?
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Old 09-05-2014, 06:12 AM   #29
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Originally Posted by AlexBell View Post
I think I've tried to do something along the lines of what I think you're suggesting, but I've put it in the blurb accompanying the post announcing the ebook, and in the 'Preface to this edition' in the actual ebook. I'm still struggling to find the best actual wording. I'd be grateful for suggestions or feedback.

You might like to look at Mr Wray's Cash-Box by Wilkie Collins or my later Elizabeth Gaskell ebooks for examples. I'm groping towards including a bibliography.

Is this the kind of thing you're suggesting?
In the blurb, it says "... made changes to spelling ...". Is this due to OCR, modernizations, ...? Could you give some examples of the spelling changes, including the what may be modernizations.

Thanks.

And thank you for posting the blurbs in your contributions.
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