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Originally posted by pheonix358
How many times have you gone through their index. 100,00 book titles.
We have all found the odd error in printed media, they are the odd error.
With all due respect, you have not looked deeply into this issue. It is not 'some of those e-books are pretty bad', it is that a huge chunk are absolute crap. I know, I've looked into it. When an author starts off with saying 'Welcome to the new age of publishing where spelling is a variable thing like mother nature,' you know your in for a wild ride!
It is easy to get caught up in the hype. When you have a good work and you have an idea of how the publishing industry works you have to be a little more cautious. As I have said, the times are a changing. There are deep problems on both sides of the fence.
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Originally posted by pheonix358
The other point no one has mentioned is this. I am an author. How do I get paid for my book if I publish in E-book. The publishing industry does not yet have an answer to this riddle.
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Internet Archive is building a physical archive for the long term preservation of one copy of every book, record, and movie we are able to attract or acquire... The goal is to preserve one copy of every published work," writes IA's Brewster Kahle in a lengthy blog post about the plan.
Kahle cites a number of reasons for wanting to preserve physical copies of works that are being digitized; for instance, a dispute could arise about the fidelity of the digital version, and only access to a copy of the original would resolve it. Kahle also told Kevin Kelly that we'll eventually want to rescan these books at an even higher DPI, so the digital copies will be waiting when we do.