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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Could they be correcting OCR errors especially on older books?
Oh yes, I do get the updated versions of the big 5.
By many do you mean say 50 or 100 over 300 pages or do you mean 10 to 20 errors per page.
Not counting the obvious ones that repeat over and over like the/die. (I have seen that one numerous times in scanned books.)
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I've seen some older books where there were many errors because they were not proofed after the OCR. <i>Hyperion</i> by Dan Simmons is a good example of that. It's since been cleaned up, but it was a mess to start with.
As for the number of errors per page, I cannot say. I don't keep track. I just know they exist. What I have done as I've been reading, I've corrected the errors and if there are enough of the found errors in the part I've not yet read, I'll fix and replace with the fixed version for less errors. But it's a hassle. The problem is that we don't get told what's new in a new edition so we don't know if it's worth updating or not. I've seen new versions that just have added adverts (with graphics) for the author's other books and the text is not changed. Also, we don't always get notified when there is a new version.