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Old 11-01-2011, 02:24 PM   #46
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Old 11-01-2011, 02:49 PM   #47
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The nationality of the author and the place of business of the internet portal have little to do with the spelling in a book. This is entirely determined by the publisher. If a book is published in Canada, and if the ebook originates with the Canadian publisher, it will almost always be Canadian spelling. (There are a handful of Canadian presses that use US spellings, but by and large, Canadian presses use Canadian spellings.)

Kobo would not change the spelling in an ebook; it's not a simple matter of search-and-replace -- it takes care and attention to do this properly. Plus, Kobo does not have the legal right to alter the text of the book. They're just a bookseller. If anything, Kobo would ask the publisher to provide a "Canadianized" file ... but there's little motivation for them to do so and it's unlikely a US press would agree to do so -- it would be a non-starter.

If a book is sold on Kobo in Canada with US spelling, but that book has actually been published in Canada, two things may have happened: 1) Kobo is selling a version they should not be selling in that region, or 2) the Canadian publisher has print-book rights only, while electronic rights are held by a foreign press, or the author themselves. The latter scenario is rare these days, but does exist.
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Old 11-01-2011, 03:15 PM   #48
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I agree with the other posts about books being "Americanized". American publishers seem to dread that their readers will be confused by Britishisms and do ridiculous things like changing "football" to "soccer".

Interestingly, I know of one book originally published in Britain where the American publisher did not change the spellings in the text, but insisted that "Colour" be spelled "Color" in the title.

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Old 11-01-2011, 03:19 PM   #49
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The nationality of the author and the place of business of the internet portal have little to do with the spelling in a book. This is entirely determined by the publisher. If a book is published in Canada, and if the ebook originates with the Canadian publisher, it will almost always be Canadian spelling. (There are a handful of Canadian presses that use US spellings, but by and large, Canadian presses use Canadian spellings.)

Kobo would not change the spelling in an ebook; it's not a simple matter of search-and-replace -- it takes care and attention to do this properly. Plus, Kobo does not have the legal right to alter the text of the book. They're just a bookseller. If anything, Kobo would ask the publisher to provide a "Canadianized" file ... but there's little motivation for them to do so and it's unlikely a US press would agree to do so -- it would be a non-starter.

If a book is sold on Kobo in Canada with US spelling, but that book has actually been published in Canada, two things may have happened: 1) Kobo is selling a version they should not be selling in that region, or 2) the Canadian publisher has print-book rights only, while electronic rights are held by a foreign press, or the author themselves. The latter scenario is rare these days, but does exist.
So are there some ebooks coming from Canadian publishers?
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Old 11-01-2011, 03:43 PM   #50
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So are there some ebooks coming from Canadian publishers?
Yes, lots of them. Most of what you'll find on Kobo are foreign publishers, just as when you go into a bookstore in Canada you'll see more foreign-published books than Canadian-published books, but there are plenty of books from Canadian publishers on Kobo.
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Old 11-01-2011, 04:58 PM   #51
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Yes, lots of them. Most of what you'll find on Kobo are foreign publishers, just as when you go into a bookstore in Canada you'll see more foreign-published books than Canadian-published books, but there are plenty of books from Canadian publishers on Kobo.
Thanks for your reply.
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Old 11-01-2011, 07:56 PM   #52
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How much different is Canadian English to Australian English? Maybe you could buy from Australia.
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Old 11-01-2011, 08:00 PM   #53
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How much different is Canadian English to Australian English? Maybe you could buy from Australia.
Aussies have that twangy accent.

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Aussies have that twangy accent.

The accents in the United States of America are too nasally.. :-p
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The accents in the United States of America are too nasally..
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Hey Kenny, when did Denver get annexed by South Park?



And is that first word a verb or an adjective?
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