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mag1 · 01-21-2010, 10:18 AM

Hello everyone,

I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if this question has already come up. I recently bought the Night's Dawn trilogy of books by Peter F Hamilton in EPUB format from Waterstones. The first two books appear just fine when I view and read them in Adobe Digital Editions (can no longer use my Sony PRS-505 due to a progressive disability - MND/ALS). However, the text in the last book The Naked God seems to be corrupted with the Â character which appears throughout the book replacing whatever should be there. I tried contacting Waterstone's customer service department by e-mail asking for help but after two weeks all they did was refund my money without a single word of explanation. I've not downloaded any further books from their website yet as I am unsure if the problem exists at their end or mine.

Have any of you folks experienced a similar problem with missing characters being substituted by the Â character? Were you able to resolve the problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Kind regards
Mark

01-21-2010, 10:18 AM	#1
mag1 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Hampshire, United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS505	Strange Â character appearing throughout e-book text Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum so please forgive me if this question has already come up. I recently bought the Night's Dawn trilogy of books by Peter F Hamilton in EPUB format from Waterstones. The first two books appear just fine when I view and read them in Adobe Digital Editions (can no longer use my Sony PRS-505 due to a progressive disability - MND/ALS). However, the text in the last book The Naked God seems to be corrupted with the Â character which appears throughout the book replacing whatever should be there. I tried contacting Waterstone's customer service department by e-mail asking for help but after two weeks all they did was refund my money without a single word of explanation. I've not downloaded any further books from their website yet as I am unsure if the problem exists at their end or mine. Have any of you folks experienced a similar problem with missing characters being substituted by the Â character? Were you able to resolve the problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Kind regards Mark