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europas_ice · 08-24-2007, 05:05 PM

Hopefully this the right place to vent about a poorly edited book I bought from connect.

First of all, connect only had book 3 in the series. (The presidential agent novels by W.E.B. Griffin, which I am quite enjoying.) Go figure. But it was after midnight and I had a pressing need for book three, so I bought it from connect at the hardback price (~$20, a total rip off for electrons, if you ask me.) Now, I read the first two books in paper format, and there was no problem with the editing at all. You'd think they'd just take the same version and ebook it, right? But somehow, in this electronic version, every "Mrs." or "Ms." is written as "Mr." How could they possibly get this wrong? You'd have to TRY to change all of those. It is quite confusing. The other problem is that spaces are frequently in the wrong place. For example, when someone asked if he could ask a question, the reply was, "As kit." AS KIT? You must be kidding. And this is the third or fourth time such a mistake has been made.

End rant.

08-24-2007, 05:05 PM	#1
europas_ice Groupie Posts: 190 Karma: 220 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Moscow, ID Device: iPhone 11 (Kindle app & iBooks)	poorly edited book from connect Hopefully this the right place to vent about a poorly edited book I bought from connect. First of all, connect only had book 3 in the series. (The presidential agent novels by W.E.B. Griffin, which I am quite enjoying.) Go figure. But it was after midnight and I had a pressing need for book three, so I bought it from connect at the hardback price (~$20, a total rip off for electrons, if you ask me.) Now, I read the first two books in paper format, and there was no problem with the editing at all. You'd think they'd just take the same version and ebook it, right? But somehow, in this electronic version, every "Mrs." or "Ms." is written as "Mr." How could they possibly get this wrong? You'd have to TRY to change all of those. It is quite confusing. The other problem is that spaces are frequently in the wrong place. For example, when someone asked if he could ask a question, the reply was, "As kit." AS KIT? You must be kidding. And this is the third or fourth time such a mistake has been made. End rant.