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1dbarnett99
Hi, everyone,
As a Kindle user, I'm finding that a good number of e-books contain formatting and typographical problems. Some publishers apparently use uncorrected galleys for their electronic texts, others do an OCR and don't proofread, and the list goes on.
Here and there, in reviews and on various discussion forums users report the problems, but as of yet there is no central "go-to" source that one might source before purchasing a digital text.
I'm wondering if LibraryThing can help in the following way: Presumably an entry for the digital version of the work could be created (as with any other book) and appropriately tagged ("digital"; "issues"; or something like that). The link to the entry could be posted on a stand-alone blog dedicated to compiling the glitches.
It seems silly to me to try to duplicate all the publishing information in such a blog, which would report "first alerts" of corrupted texts. The LT entry would be the "entry of record" that might track the first problem identified and perhaps its resolution (if the publisher releases an improved version). The blog would be the entrance to a rapidly expanding world of e-books.
What do you think of this idea? Is LT the right venue? If not, what would be? I'm thinking a blog would be needed to aggregate the initial reports, but that a "work" page would have already been created by someone in LT for the print version saving me from duplicated effort. All that would be needed is to create a book page for the digital edition.
This is a growing issue, especially since e-book prices are rapidly approaching the prices charged for printed paperback editions.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Cheerily,
Dan
As a Kindle user, I'm finding that a good number of e-books contain formatting and typographical problems. Some publishers apparently use uncorrected galleys for their electronic texts, others do an OCR and don't proofread, and the list goes on.
Here and there, in reviews and on various discussion forums users report the problems, but as of yet there is no central "go-to" source that one might source before purchasing a digital text.
I'm wondering if LibraryThing can help in the following way: Presumably an entry for the digital version of the work could be created (as with any other book) and appropriately tagged ("digital"; "issues"; or something like that). The link to the entry could be posted on a stand-alone blog dedicated to compiling the glitches.
It seems silly to me to try to duplicate all the publishing information in such a blog, which would report "first alerts" of corrupted texts. The LT entry would be the "entry of record" that might track the first problem identified and perhaps its resolution (if the publisher releases an improved version). The blog would be the entrance to a rapidly expanding world of e-books.
What do you think of this idea? Is LT the right venue? If not, what would be? I'm thinking a blog would be needed to aggregate the initial reports, but that a "work" page would have already been created by someone in LT for the print version saving me from duplicated effort. All that would be needed is to create a book page for the digital edition.
This is a growing issue, especially since e-book prices are rapidly approaching the prices charged for printed paperback editions.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
Cheerily,
Dan
2infiniteletters
I don't think this fits with LT's concept of works, but you could use WikiThing for it.
Wikipedia might be an even better place for it.
Wikipedia might be an even better place for it.
3dbarnett99
Hi, infiniteletters,
Thanks for the note. I'm not sure WikiThing would be the right place, either. I suppose I'm looking for a place that already might have some of the book's data (such as info on the original printed version) that wouldn't have to be duplicated.
More thinking to do.
Cheerily,
Dan
Thanks for the note. I'm not sure WikiThing would be the right place, either. I suppose I'm looking for a place that already might have some of the book's data (such as info on the original printed version) that wouldn't have to be duplicated.
More thinking to do.
Cheerily,
Dan
4infiniteletters
LT doesn't have a great way to display editions at the moment, and with works, the print and ebooks would be combined.
