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Old 09-30-2009, 11:00 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by ahi View Post
I keep hearing anecdotes like this on mobileread... but to date I have yet to come across a single non-vanity-published paper book that has the sort of errors seemingly every eBook I've read contains.

- Ahi
You do know the classic Stephen King 'The Stand' examples don't you? Some of the most notable (that to this date, and my knowledge, have gone unchanged).

If not here's a brief rundown from wikipedia:


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There are also a number of typos in prints of The Complete & Uncut Edition that have not been corrected in any subsequent printing of the book, for example "Arrowsmith" for Aerosmith and "On The Boarder" for "On The Border" (the title of Book II).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand
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