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Originally Posted by aquina
I have been using the Boston Public Library to check out Ebooks which I have been reading on my laptop in PDF and EPub formats and on my Blackberry in Mobi format.
Let me say that I am very grateful to have access to this service but I have to say that the quality of the books is lacking. Not the selection, which is actually pretty good but the quality of the files. Most books don't have a front cover or a generic cover rather than the proper picture cover. Meta information is often missing, sometimes not even listing the author.
I know that this can be fixed with Calibre but for library books it is not worth it for me. Is this just a reflection of a lower grade quality Ebook the library is purchasing or is this true for Ebooks purchased at Ebook stores as well? Frankly I would be a bit upset if I would pay $10 for an Ebook that I would have to fix up after purchase.
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Missing Cover Pages and Meta information is a subject of Copyright Issues. Commercially selling sites cannot ignore copyright issues unless they give it on charity. But the quality of an eBook can only be judged by the navigational control on book like the TOC, Index, Bookmarks, image Quality etc. I hope i understand your problem.