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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
We hope. Poor production quality is not specific to ebooks. Current ebook volumes are normally derived from the same manuscript as the printed version, and will have the same proofreading or lack of it. What we are suffering from currently are moves by some publishers to cut expenses by not doing things like proofreading. A spell check on the manuscript is deemed sufficient.
Where it can really bite in ebooks are things like Amazon Kindle editions. When enough people click the "I'd like to read this book in a Kindle edition" button to convince Amazon to try to make one, an electronic source file may not exist. The Kindle edition will be created by by scan and OCR of a paper copy. Copy editing and proofreading generally aren't done. Cost savings again...
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Dennis
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Yep, definitely some potential issues with this, particularly with older "classic" books that were not processed/developed as books currently are.
One cool thing about these though is that they are generally in the public domain and the good people (like our wonderful book uploaders here) that have an interest (read: obsession
). With these spent their valuable time creating, proofing, and editing them to share with everyone!