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Old 06-19-2013, 06:19 PM   #71
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Neither am I. I'm talking about the process of creating an ebook via OCR where no electronic original exists. That process is inevitably going to introduce errors; the question is how much money it's sensible to spend to fix them. If you want an ebook that's identical to the original paper book, free from all OCR errors, you're going to have to pay a lot of money to get that.
Well, not if you get the pdf files of the scan. Maybe that would be a good method. When you buy a cheaply produced backlist book you get both the pdf files and the OCRed version.

Concerning the question in this thread. Why not ask "Would you pay less for a book with more errors in it?"?
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