07-27-2009, 09:36 PM | #1 |
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Do you correct your ebooks?
Unless it's from here or a Fictionwise multiformat, I convert all my ebooks to HTML before bringing them into Calibre. Lately, there have been a few which had mistakes (mostly line breaks where there should be no line breaks). I am very tempted to correct these so I will have a 'clean' copy if I re-read the book. Does anybody do this? I suppose I can just bookmark the page and then go back into the HTML to fix it. Also, I guess I could just make a backup of the HTML file, leave it running on the computer and use the computer's search and replace to fix it. I just feel like if I do read it again, I want it nice-looking
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07-27-2009, 09:38 PM | #2 | |
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07-27-2009, 11:32 PM | #3 |
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I do it all the time, too, exactly the way you described - I bookmark pages with errors as I read, then when I reach 20-30, I correct everything and continue reading.
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07-28-2009, 12:20 AM | #4 |
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As do I.
Besides the reasons others have provided, I find that many of my Mobi-format purchases have full justification hard-coded, not allowing me to switch to left-justified text in my reader (which I prefer with short line lengths). So I have to "fix" that. |
07-28-2009, 01:14 AM | #5 |
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I used to, but I've been working so many extra hours at work...and I was spending too much time prettying up my books and not actually reading them!
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07-28-2009, 01:56 AM | #6 |
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Always. I'll correct while reading (touchscreen FTW!) When I'm done, I'll update the source, create a new book and from then on, I'll only use that copy.
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07-28-2009, 11:52 AM | #7 |
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Always.
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07-28-2009, 12:42 PM | #8 |
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I do. I get most of my books from free sources such as Project Gutenberg, and frequently find OCR errors. Bugs me.
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07-28-2009, 12:45 PM | #9 |
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Never. That's a lot of work! If it was something I could do easily, maybe, but I have too many other things I want to do with my computer time.
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07-28-2009, 02:55 PM | #10 | |
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07-28-2009, 03:15 PM | #11 |
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I fix the easy stuff if I can. And I add covers to books that don't have them. But finding covers that are good is a real pain.
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07-28-2009, 03:42 PM | #12 |
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Yes, fix them all the time.
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07-28-2009, 03:44 PM | #13 |
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I find it very strange that people fix problem if they then cannot contribute the fixes back to people. I would never fix a book I bought to read it myself. If it was very broken I would return the book.
Not returning badly formatted DRMed books give the wrong signal to the seller. |
07-28-2009, 03:47 PM | #14 | |
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i do, all the time. covers, like moejoe, but also errors.
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07-28-2009, 06:10 PM | #15 |
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I correct them in my head. Does that count?
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