SBDguy Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 On 5/11/2019 at 4:21 PM, cruiz said: I’ll start by saying “I love to read and also love books” in that order I feel the same way. I love to hold them in my hands, see them on my shelf, etc.. Frankly, the only way I would buy an e-book is if it was the only way I could get a volume I really, really wanted. I tend to get headaches when reading from an electronic display for too long a period of time (I've been told it has to do with pixels, refresh rates and so on, but all I know is that it happens) - a couple of hours is about all I can do at one go. However, I can read print from a paper page all day long. I can also read my books if the electricity goes down for a few days, all my batteries die, etc. Best of all, my books can never be stealth edited or erased. Computers and like devices are great for doing a lot of different things, and the internet is wonderful for doing research, communicating with others and such, but for my personal library, I'll keep my printed books. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) Since we're starting to head off in a tangent, I'll say the digital publishing revolution is not the boon it was made out to be. So many recent books have stupid typos in them that old-fashioned editing and printing would have caught. I'll say it again: I offer my services as proof-reader for aviation-related works. Catching typos is one thing, being able to catch factual errors is another entirely and that's where I can assist. All I ask is a signed copy of the completed work. Edited May 23, 2019 by Slartibartfast Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tracy White Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 18 hours ago, Slartibartfast said: All I ask is a signed copy of the completed work. You want a signed copy of a digital book? All kidding aside, you'd be better off contacting publishers as all of the authors I've worked with are prohibited from sending copy out for proofreading. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 At least the authors, whose reputation can be damaged by poorly-edited works, can put me in contact with their publishers if they care about this sort of thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tracy White Posted May 29, 2019 Share Posted May 29, 2019 In my experience they care, but not enough to make it a hill to die on. They grumble and grouse but the like eating and paying rent too and the publisher has more power in the relationship. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 This shouldn't be a fatal endeavor. Sign a waiver, dowload a file, upload the file with suggested corrections and be done with it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cruiz Posted July 1, 2019 Author Share Posted July 1, 2019 Hello all I found this today on my newsfeed; talking about scaring people away from adopting new technology. Link BTW, I didn't know microsoft had an ebook store Carlos Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted July 1, 2019 Share Posted July 1, 2019 I read that this morning. I didn't know they had ebooks either. While I usually have good reason to criticize Microsoft technologies, at least they had the integrity--and ability--to refund the money spent at their store, so good on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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