12-02-2019, 05:07 PM | #16 |
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You should be asking which publishers you can trust rather than which book sellers.
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12-02-2019, 05:41 PM | #17 |
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For classics there's also https://www.delphiclassics.com/
You did say "buy" but for free there's also http://www.gutenberg.org/ |
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(If you catch it quickly, you can always return it at most ebook stores.) The exceptions seem to be mostly at Amazon, which has a feedback process for readers to tell publishers about errors they encounter. Things like duplicate passages, scrambled text, etc. If the problems are big enough, they'll pull the book until the publisher corrects it. Or not. (That is one area where smaller tradpubs and Indies are very responsive. Big publishers are loathe to maintain separate text bases for print and digital so the ebook only gers corrected when and if the pbook is.) Once the issue has been fixed, Amazon will send you the corrected version but only if you enable it. After their own 1984 fiasco early in the Kindle age, Amazon only removes or replaces books when the *customer* asks. Editing it themselves? No. The stuff isn't worth enough to offset the cost of post-publisher editing, even if it were legal (it isn't--it would be a copyright violation). Plus in today's environment it would only unleash a torrent of vilification. Nobody wants to deal with the resulting boatload of abuse. Now, if you're talking PD books, there are indeed multiple editions of many popular titles. Some better than others. You'll have to research it. One notable case can be found at, ahem, BAEN, where they carry a series of (very) early SF titles, cleaned up and edited by Ron Miller. One of the bundles, of Jules Verne classics, features all-new translations from the original french: Quote:
It is non trivial to do. Costs money. Penguin and B&N's Sterling offer some commercial cleaned up classics of tbeir own but these newly edited editions come with brand new copyrights, so they won't be as cheap as the more common repackaged-Gutenberg edition. Not commonly done though, but you can find quite a few free, labor of love editions right here at Mobileread. Last edited by fjtorres; 12-02-2019 at 06:16 PM. |
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12-02-2019, 07:25 PM | #19 |
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I buy all my books from Amazon these days. That makes it simple for me. The quality is generally very good with a few exceptions. I have bought Kobo and Nook books in the past and I didn't see any real difference in quality.
I don't think this is a very important question. We have a lot of choices and they're all pretty much the same. Amazon has a bigger selection but they all have excellent selections. I don't think there are anything but good choices here. Barry |
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12-02-2019, 08:00 PM | #21 |
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You could also check the MobileRead library for a wide range of ePubs, the majority (if not all) have been formatted with TLC by MobileRead members
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12-02-2019, 11:21 PM | #22 |
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I only purchase e-books from Apple and Amazon.
Kobo is also a good option. |
12-03-2019, 04:39 AM | #23 | |
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But the abridgement issue can be a problem with paper/hardbacks too. I have an old Regent's Classics version of Wuthering Heights. No where does it mention that it is abridged; I realised this was the case when I downloaded the ebook from mobileread. If the OP wants carefully formatted books in the UK public domain (the author died over 70 years ago) mobileread's library contains the most wonderful books. I would also advise the purchase of a eink dedicated ereader, especially if (he) reads a lot. Maybe a basic kindle. Last edited by BookCat; 12-03-2019 at 04:50 AM. |
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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/...he-n-word.html (Note the comments.) There have also been bowdlerizations of DVDs. Difference being that the Twain books are in the PD and so (unfortunately) fair game but the DVDs aren't. Hence the lawsuits that follow: https://arstechnica.com/information-...dlerized-dvds/ Abridgement is a different story. Literally. Most publishers take care to advertise the abridgement because they think it is a positive, "making the book more accessible". Publishers do odd things all the time. Again, PD books are the biggest target but it is fairly common to see abridged audiobooks. And Reader's Digest built their whole business around anthologizing and abridging licensed content. Weird stuff. But it's publishers doing it, not the stores. They know better than to get a reputation for selling polluted editions. One advantage of reviews is they tend to highlight such defects in books. Caveat Emptor applies. |
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Please stop buying any eBooks from Apple. Because of Apple, we now have agency pricing. Apple does not deserve to have anyone buy any eBooks from them. They deserve to have their eBook division sink aster then the Titanic.
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