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Patricia29 · 05-23-2010, 05:43 PM

I have read three ebooks since getting my Sony ereader, it seems the older the book, the more errors there are.
The worst one so far is James Michener's book "Caravan", he'll becomes hell, she'll becomes shell and we'll becomes well, capital letters and hyphens are added to words where none should exist, and a lot of words are misspelled or misplaced. There is barely a page without an error and it greatly affects the joy of reading, I even had to go back several pages on more than one occasion just to make sense of a sentence.
I have tried to complain to Sony, both by phone and email, so far no satisfaction. How can someone who speaks English as a second language, understand a complaint involving grammatical errors??? (All he could suggest was that I download the book again, but what would that have achieved?)
I wonder if the authors, (their heirs) and or the publishers know what Sony et al are doing to their work. It is shoddy work at best and criminal at least. There is no excuse for bad editing and there is no way of getting your money back. Shame on Sony!!!

05-23-2010, 05:43 PM	#109
Patricia29 Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Sony Reader	I have read three ebooks since getting my Sony ereader, it seems the older the book, the more errors there are. The worst one so far is James Michener's book "Caravan", he'll becomes hell, she'll becomes shell and we'll becomes well, capital letters and hyphens are added to words where none should exist, and a lot of words are misspelled or misplaced. There is barely a page without an error and it greatly affects the joy of reading, I even had to go back several pages on more than one occasion just to make sense of a sentence. I have tried to complain to Sony, both by phone and email, so far no satisfaction. How can someone who speaks English as a second language, understand a complaint involving grammatical errors??? (All he could suggest was that I download the book again, but what would that have achieved?) I wonder if the authors, (their heirs) and or the publishers know what Sony et al are doing to their work. It is shoddy work at best and criminal at least. There is no excuse for bad editing and there is no way of getting your money back. Shame on Sony!!!