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Thanks for the comments.

Maybe I shouldn't have used fixing typos as an example as that was only a specific use that I had in mind. But personally there are a few reasons I'd like a peek at the source:

- learning how people formatted their books so I can make better ones too (for example how do you get a header and footer into the LRF? or how does Feedbooks get those nifty chapter titles? How are HarryT's great cover/title pages laid out?)

- increasing readability on my personal copy of the book (eg I find that most people prefer a larger base font size than I do; I don't like the main text to be in bold; I prefer smaller margins than some people; adding in a real italic font for books with lots of italics etc)

- fixing misc things like typos or places where it shows an HTML entity instead of non-latin character etc. or doing character replacements like right/left curly quotes and em-dashes.

- break apart some omnibus editions (maybe to read out of order more easily, or so I can delete pieces from the reader as I finish them etc) but still maintain the formatting choices and fixes of the original.

I have no intention of "forcing" anyone to do another release or to contribute more than they already do. Its more that I thought the model would be like tompe describes where the contributor coordinates the release and merging of changes rather than a model (maybe like Hadrien's of Feedbook) where the contributor is like a publisher who fixes an exact version with an exact look and feel which must be maintained.