So I'm an anal retentive boring old fart, BUT

[alecE]

Originally Posted by HarryT

...The relevant part of the UK's copyright act is civil law. The copyright holder would have to bring a civil action against you in court and, given that editing a book that you've legitimately bought, for your own personal use, is not an act which causes any loss or damage to the copyright holder, it's difficult to think of any reason why they would wish to do so. Again, nobody has ever been so prosecuted.

Nice to know that there's little danger of prosecution if one were, hypothetically, to engage in DRM removal, typo correction and front cover replacement before loading one's purchased item in to Calibre.

[mores]

You said "anal", and then you said "fart"



But yes, I agree with you. A nice cover makes the whole experience so much more rewarding.
I don't use Calibre's coverflow view, and I think whoever invented coverflow should be whacked (how useless is this thing?), but every time I open a book on my iPhone (Stanza) I get a nice cover. Sort of like french fries at a fast food restaurant. They sort of ease you into the main course Ever tried eating just the burger with no entree?

[JSWolf]

I have converted some of the Mobipocket Discworld books into LRF & ePub. They seem quite good as far as errors go. I have read of errors in the ePub UK versions.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I have converted some of the Mobipocket Discworld books into LRF & ePub. They seem quite good as far as errors go. I have read of errors in the ePub UK versions.

I've not read the e-book versions of this particular series (I have the paperbacks), but personally I find it annoying to read "Americanised" editions of British books; the spelling differences detract from the reading experience, for me personally. I'm pleased to hear that UK eBook editions are now available.

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by mores

Ever tried eating just the burger with no entree?

I always eat the fries (when I do) last

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I've not read the e-book versions of this particular series (I have the paperbacks), but personally I find it annoying to read "Americanised" editions of British books; the spelling differences detract from the reading experience, for me personally. I'm pleased to hear that UK eBook editions are now available.

I still find a lot of British things in Discworld even though I am reading the US editions. Some of the Britishisms won't make much sense unless you know them which I so far do and I can ask my wife if the need ever arises.

[alecE]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Cover art is a problem with eBooks. Generally, it's licensed separately from the book contents, and very often (as has probably occurred in this case) the publisher does not have the electronic distribution rights to the artwork used in the printed book, so they use some "generic" cover in its place.

All the same, you'd think they could do a bit better than that, wouldn't you?

Got an email back from customer service confirming that "...we don't have the rights to the cover..." which I still find slightly puzzling as the title page verso for the paper version reads "...Corgi Books are published by Transworld Publishers...a division of the Random House Group Ltd" - who are also the publishers of the electronic version

[Elfwreck]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'm not sure that I see what relevance the DMCA - an American law - has to British books, sold in Britain, by a British publisher. Could you elaborate?

Dmitri Skylarov was arrested for violation of the DMCA, despite being a Russian citizen and accused of no crimes on US soil.

I suppose that people in Britain who never visit the US have nothing to worry about.

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by alecE

Got an email back from customer service confirming that "...we don't have the rights to the cover..." which I still find slightly puzzling as the title page verso for the paper version reads "...Corgi Books are published by Transworld Publishers...a division of the Random House Group Ltd" - who are also the publishers of the electronic version

They mean that they didn't pay the cover artist for ebook rights, only for print rights.