Thank you to all for the helpful insights!
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You should be asking which publishers you can trust rather than which book sellers.
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jhowell:
Yes, you are absolutely right. Thanks for helping to clarify the right question (always the first and most critical task)
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Originally Posted by hobnail
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hobnail:
Thanks for the Delphi link; hadn't seen them before!
I've got a number of Gutenberg published versions; while obviously true to the original, the formatting can get a bit rough at times.
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Originally Posted by fjtorres
One notable case can be found at, ahem, BAEN, where they carry a series of (very) early SF titles, cleaned up and edited by Ron Miller. One of the bundles, of Jules Verne classics, features all-new translation...
Not commonly done though, but you can find quite a few free, labor of love editions right here at Mobileread.
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fjtorres:
Thank you for the informed responses in your multiple posts; caveat emptor indeed!
I've added BAEN to my shortlist of epub sources (MobileReads is already on that list). And also just purchased all of Miller's releases of Jules Verne, and Mark Twain - wow, that's awesome!
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To all who suggested MobileReads as an excellent source (fjtorres, PeterT, BookCat, Apache); excellent suggestion!
And to BookCat and JSWolf regarding the purchase of a dedicated e-ink ereader; this is exactly what has prompted my increased focus on ebooks. I have somewhat haphazardly collected ebooks from Gutenberg, StandardBooks, Amazon, and a variety of other places, consolidated into my standardized epub Calibre library, and sync'd with CC onto my Android tablet. However, since pulling the trigger on a high resolution, large screen, digitizer-enabled reader (Onyx Note), I wanted to dedicate some time to re-building my library (shifting from print to digital).
Once again, thanks to all for the help!
Ed