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I had meant to include this as a slide in my e-reader talk but didn’t have time.
I think we can all agree that this is a don’t.

(There’s a free sample though!)

O’Reilly Media will be posting a complete recording of the presentation, but in the meantime I’ve posted the slides from the webcast, “What publishers need to know about digitization” on Slideshare.
Thanks to everyone who attended and especially to those who asked so many excellent questions.
What publishers need to know about digitization
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Many ebooks aren’t going through the same kind of quality control that regular books do.  That’s been my experience and that of other ebook consumers. I’m not talking about technical problems here as much as basic editorial ones.
Sometimes the issues are minor: occasional spacing errors, missing or overzealous capitalization.  Other times they can be more [...]

It’s fantastic to see more and more publishers beginning to distribute books in ePub format, but call the format by its real name!
I’ve seen “ePub in disguise” in a few places, most recently this release from Pan Macmillan:

If you click on the arrow, the site brings up a very long page explaining what all the [...]

It’s 2am, and I’ve just finished a great novel.  My significant other went to sleep hours ago. My best friend, who lives across the country, would love this book, so I make a mental note to tell him about it.  If we talk in a day or so I might remember, and it’s possible he’ll [...]