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Old 02-03-2009, 12:48 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by starrigger View Post
Jon, I don't think that's a representative illustration. When I gave you my files of The Chaos Chronicles for conversion to LFR, I had already spent many, many hours preparing those files so that they'd be in proper shape for conversion. And even at that, I didn't proofread them as thoroughly as I should have, as witness the number of errors that were brought to my attention after they were up. (And I just heard from a reader--there are still some in there!)
Is this work that does not have to be done for normal print? Is it work that has to be done separately for each ebook format? If so it seems like the solution is to design a better workflow, not do a ton of work. I can't believe that every ebook format is so wildly different from every other one that many hours of work has to be done for every format, given that it's already been done for one format.

Surely proofreading needs to be done for ANY format, including dead trees?
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