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Old 01-08-2024, 12:38 PM   #2371
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I can't remember the book, but I also once saw a very sloppy mistake where it was clear they just did a find-&-replace-all without checking afterwards.
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Old 01-08-2024, 12:49 PM   #2372
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I've seen OCR errors in quite a few of older editions. The one that has stuck in my mind (I wrote about it here too) was the anally opening door (should have been finally).
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Old 01-08-2024, 01:17 PM   #2373
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I've seen OCR errors in quite a few of older editions. The one that has stuck in my mind (I wrote about it here too) was the anally opening door (should have been finally).
That's quite the mental image.
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Old 01-08-2024, 02:55 PM   #2374
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I've seen OCR errors in quite a few of older editions. The one that has stuck in my mind (I wrote about it here too) was the anally opening door (should have been finally).
Adding a new dimension to the age old injunction "don't butt in"
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Old 01-08-2024, 05:23 PM   #2375
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A lot of the Trek novels I've read so far have various issues with their digitization from print > ebook.

The worst case was this book, chapter 15 is missing entirely - it got replaced with a duplicate of chapter 14. I ended up having to resort to a scanned copy of the print edition to read it.
What would happen if you downloaded it again? Would you get chapter 15?
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Old 01-08-2024, 05:25 PM   #2376
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Yah, generally, I have not found any publishers of any size that proof the books from in-print-->scanning-->OCR. Not a one.

They all assume that somehow, magic will happen and it will all come out perfectly. Dunno why on earth they think that either.

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I've seen some right messes from scan/OCR that have been fixed. Hyperion by Dan Simmons was very much a mess and has since been cleaned up.

But they should be need to be cleaned up. They should be correct in the first place. A spell check would catch a number of errors easily.
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What would happen if you downloaded it again? Would you get chapter 15?
Why would that fix it? The issue is with the file the publisher provided to the store. I should mention one of the comments on the Goodread page says it also happened on the Kindle version.
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Old 01-09-2024, 01:58 PM   #2378
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Why would that fix it? The issue is with the file the publisher provided to the store. I should mention one of the comments on the Goodread page says it also happened on the Kindle version.
Because if there have been enough complaints, the publisher might have uploaded an updated file with the missing chapter.
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Old 01-09-2024, 03:22 PM   #2379
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Because if there have been enough complaints, the publisher might have uploaded an updated file with the missing chapter.
Bingo! The only problem is if it was bought from Kobo. You would have to ask them to update your library copy to the new one.
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Bingo! The only problem is if it was bought from Kobo. You would have to ask them to update your library copy to the new one.
Actually Amazon doesn't automatically update library of customers either. By default only new customers get a newer version. It's an extra interaction with Amazon and the publisher has to persuade them to do it (like convincing them only fixed broken stuff and it was very broken).

Smashwords lets customers download any/all versions from a list of any changes since they bought the ebook.


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Anyone know what Apple, Barnes & Noble, ebooks.com or Google Playbooks on Playstore do?
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My pile of shame (unread books that I've marked as interested in reading, but not on my immedate TBR list) has grown to 200 books. Oops.
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That's quite the mental image.
I sense a story!
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My pile of shame (unread books that I've marked as interested in reading, but not on my immedate TBR list) has grown to 200 books. Oops.
Eh. Mine is in 5 digits. I have lost the ability to feel ashamed about it long ago.
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Eh. Mine is in 5 digits.
Are these are novel-length?

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