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Originally Posted by FatGuy
This was the ebook I was about to buy. Can someone please tell me how I can be certain that it contains correct information? What process do people here do when trying to see if an ebook on the Kindle Store has accurate information?
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Anabolics-E-Bo...M?tag=mr060-20
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How do you make sure paper books contain the correct information and wouldn't you use a similar process?
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Originally Posted by FatGuy
I'm still new to ebooks in general. I'm used to reading paperbooks and they give me a sense of 'comfort' knowing that the book was published in a factory and cannot be edited once it's printed.
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I suppose it's true that your specific copy of a paper book can't be changed, but paper books often do change between print runs. Also if the publisher were to edit the ebook and upload those changes to Amazon you won't receive those changes unless you specifically tell Amazon to update the copy in your Kindle Cloud (either by turning on automatic updates or by leaving that off and manually okaying it for each updated book).
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Originally Posted by FatGuy
Thanks, but since I may not know the topic well, I'd assume that what I was reading was correct when it actually wasn't...?
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How do you know what's in a paper book is correct? Surely you don't trust it just because it's a printed book? There's nothing stopping the author/publisher of your specific book from making a printed copy available as well as an ebook like many authors/publishers do, doing so doesn't make the contents of the book any more (or less) correct.