Thread: Penguin Producing Crappy eBooks?
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Old 04-25-2009, 07:51 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Let's say I give you an ePub and a PDF of the very same eBook. Now, let's say both do not have DRM. Now you notice that there is an error. Say one word is misspelled and you want to fix that. Which format is going to be easy to fix and which one not easy to fix?

I'll give you one guess as to the easy one to fix and it isn't the PDF.
Erm...

1. It's easy enough to fix a one word error in the PDF. Use Acrobat Professional. I have.

2. Generally, I don't produce my own PDF documents. The ones I have come from academic journals and academic presses. So, there's no need for me to make the correction. If there is a mistake, it stays. I cite it with "[sic]" ;-)

I still like PDFs because it keeps it true to the way it was printed in book format, which I find useful and appealing. Of course, other people have different tastes. Then, ePub away.
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