Thread: Typos in ebooks
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Old 04-20-2010, 10:00 PM   #87
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Originally Posted by AlexBell View Post
But what can we do to bring on that happy day? I haven't seen many practical suggestions apart from reviewing particularly bad ones in a Hall of Shame thread and telling the publisher that one has done this.

I know it won't always work - I've had no response whatever from HarperCollins UK, but did get a gracious response from Clarity Press who are working on the problems I raised.

Regards, Alex
Honestly? I don't know. The only thing I can think of is simply to vote with my pocketbook, and let the publishers know it. This applies not only to bad ebooks with errors, but also to ebooks that are priced ridiculously high.

The only other idea I can think of is to find some way to raise awareness of this issue. Given how much mainstream press has been talking about ebooks and ereaders lately, it might help if the same press started talking about the problems with ebooks, too.

If anyone else has better ideas, I'd love to hear it, too.
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