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Originally Posted by Sparrow
That hasn't been my experience.
I'm currently reading 'Pitt the Younger' by William Hague in ebook - every word in a quotation that has a double f, has a space where one of the fs should be. 
None of the commercial ebooks I've bought has been up to the standard of the pbook version. OCR errors abound. |
I noticed it depends on how a book has been turned into an ebook. If you get a newly published book (one that is published in pbook (if there is a pbook...) and ebook at the virtually the same time), there are hardly any errors. I presume the pbook and the ebook use the same source in that case (one copy goes to a printer, the other to the electronic shop). If you take an older book, there can be some OCR mistakes which can be annoying.
If a book is available in officially, I will always buy the book, no matter the price (naturally, if I am interrested...) If a book isn't available officially, and I desperately want it, I will use other means to get it. But I will buy it as soon as it becomes available officially.
If a publisher is too lazy or an author (or his/her descendants) is too scared (can't find another word for it) to publish their books in another format than pbook even while there are lots of possible buyers, I'm not sure why I should sponsor them.