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Originally Posted by fjtorres
I don't have a pony in this race, but...
That analogy doesn't quite fly; most digital music files are a degraded version of the original CD which itself is an imperfect capture of the original performance. Book sniffers aside, ebooks do carry the full scope of the original narrative.  |
I should have known.
First, my music collection is lossless FLAC (I used MP3 because many people don't know what FLAC is), and second, most e-books I have don't come near the 'real book' regarding formatting, and especially, if available, illustrations. I, for one, count these things as part of the book.
It's much easier to create a digital representation of a CD (use FLACs, fill in metadata, and use high resolution cover art) than it is to create a digital representation of a book. Metadata, and high res covers/illustrations can be done quite easily actually, but text accuracy, formatting and typesetting are often neglected.
And then, when converting, the conversion will not be lossless. Converting from format to format might mess up the book beyond recognition, while converting music from one lossless format to another will normally be perfect.