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Giddeaon · 05-24-2010, 08:36 PM

I thought of something else I'd really like to see, though it's more of an Amazon.com change, than a Kindle update.

I want to be able to specifically review JUST the Kindle edition of a book. Right now, if a book has multiple versions (Hardcover, Paperback, Mass Market Paperback, Audiobook, Kindle), the reviews are all lumped together. I think that is a mistake considering that many ebooks have formatting errors that may keep others from buying if noted clearly in reviews.

Here's an example. I just purchased and read Peter V. Brett's The Warded Man (excellent story btw). There was a major formatting error that became very distracting. Anytime the author meant to use "we're" it was printed as "we've". The same thing happened with "you're" and "you've". Over a few hundred pages this became annoying and distracted from a lot of the dialogue. I checked this in a physical copy of the book and it doesn't appear.....it's ONLY an ebook problem. I'd love to be able to review that to point out the problem to other Kindle owners who may want to pass until the publisher fixes the mistakes.

If Kindle books ONLY showed Kindle user reviews, we could easily notify each other of formatting problems. As it is, we'd have to dig through the reviews and hope to find that someone identified themselves as a Kindle owner. I know this has been kicked around before, but it really needs to be addressed.

05-24-2010, 08:36 PM	#28
Giddeaon Ex Libris....Vita Posts: 19 Karma: 30 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Saint Petersburg,FL Device: Kindle Fire HD	I thought of something else I'd really like to see, though it's more of an Amazon.com change, than a Kindle update. I want to be able to specifically review JUST the Kindle edition of a book. Right now, if a book has multiple versions (Hardcover, Paperback, Mass Market Paperback, Audiobook, Kindle), the reviews are all lumped together. I think that is a mistake considering that many ebooks have formatting errors that may keep others from buying if noted clearly in reviews. Here's an example. I just purchased and read Peter V. Brett's The Warded Man (excellent story btw). There was a major formatting error that became very distracting. Anytime the author meant to use "we're" it was printed as "we've". The same thing happened with "you're" and "you've". Over a few hundred pages this became annoying and distracted from a lot of the dialogue. I checked this in a physical copy of the book and it doesn't appear.....it's ONLY an ebook problem. I'd love to be able to review that to point out the problem to other Kindle owners who may want to pass until the publisher fixes the mistakes. If Kindle books ONLY showed Kindle user reviews, we could easily notify each other of formatting problems. As it is, we'd have to dig through the reviews and hope to find that someone identified themselves as a Kindle owner. I know this has been kicked around before, but it really needs to be addressed.