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See http://turnitin.com for an example of a commercial service that does full plagiarism checking already. Licenses aren't cheap, but if I were opening a digital publishing service, I would regard this as a critical feature, to avoid liability-- and bad press. Sure, the lawyers may get you off with the "author signed a statement swearing it was original" method, but meanwhile you'll have spent tons of money and time in court and the image of your bookstore will have been tarnished. Safer to check every entry (perhaps even including those from "real" publishers -- remember Kaavya Viswanathan? (article and a more sympathetic view)
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![]() My guess is that Connect isn't doing any proofing to speak of, and these typos/conversion errors/whatever they are are coming from farther upstream in the process. That's also what I figure the $200 to the conversion service partly pays for, basic proofreading and copy editing (which is why I think it's cheap). ![]() |
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I know that drafting companies will often put in roads and streets that are not there to catch people that copy their maps, I guess I just had too much of a belief in people wanting to keep books to a higher standard.
Thanks NatCh for that tip that I can install multiple copies of CONNECT all keyed to the same account. This will come in handy as I can have one at home and another at work. |
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