About e-books and our hobby

[SBDguy]

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.

[Slartibartfast]

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

[Tracy White]

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.

[Slartibartfast]

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.

[Tracy White]

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.

[Slartibartfast]

This shouldn't be a fatal endeavor.  Sign a waiver, dowload a file, upload the file with suggested corrections and be done with it.

[cruiz]

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

[dnl42]

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.