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Originally Posted by toomanybooks
I wouldn't have a problem with the shoddy conversions if they were giving the books away or selling them at bargain prices. But publishers are selling unproofed books at full book prices. If publishers want to charge paperback prices or more for e-books, they need to provide the proofing that is a standard part of publishing process as well.
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I agree. I also know how hard it is to thoroughly proof a scanned book. However many (maybe most) of these can be automatically found and corrected by appropriate SW or macros (or at least automatically scanned for & visually corrected, e.g. the carriage return is usually due to a page ending but not at aparagraph ending. This usually has a "section break" followed by a lower case letter.).
A little effort considering the price being charged shouldn't be too much to expect.