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View Poll Results: Do you edit eBooks? | |||
Yes, always or most of the time. |
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43 | 31.39% |
Yes, sometimes. |
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17 | 12.41% |
Yes, but only to fix issues |
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38 | 27.74% |
No. |
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35 | 25.55% |
Other (specify) |
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10 | 7.30% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 137. You may not vote on this poll |
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#16 |
Zealot
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Join Date: Dec 2018
Device: Kobo Clara HD
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I always edit my ebooks. I fix the metadata if required, edit the cover to make it more 'punchy' and scaled to the sceen resolution, and edit CSS to correct the formatting.
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#17 |
Guru
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Join Date: May 2019
Device: Kindle Oasis 1st Gen
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I just edit the metadata and update the cover to whichever one I think looks coolest. I also run the count pages/words plugin on them and convert to either epub or azw3 depending on which format is the original.
But I don't edit the text itself. Too much work... |
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#18 |
Wizard
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Device: Ipad Pro/Kindle Oasis 3/iPhone 13 Pro Max
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I’ve never edited an ebook.
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#19 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Karma: 12117215
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Madrid, Spain
Device: Kobo Clara/Aura One/Forma,XiaoMI 5, iPad, Huawei MediaPad, YotaPhone 2
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Yes, always: css, add jacket...
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Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Australia
Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles
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Most of the time I touch up metadata - is that "editing an ebook"? - but I almost never go under the hood unless there are major, deal-breaking issues (and I'm not super fussy). And there's an automatic KEPUB conversion that happens on the fly, and I don't know whether the OP intends that to count as editing an ebook.
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#21 |
Bibliolater
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Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: England
Device: none
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Occasionally to fix typos and reduce image size.
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#22 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Device: Kobo Glo HD
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Normally I would say "no", but I guess I do. I use calibre's editor to remove fonts, compress images, and delete non used stuff. I'll use calibre to make sure I like the metadata. I'll do an conversion (usually epub to epub) to get the look I like.
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#23 |
Resident Curmudgeon
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Karma: 134319570
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
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I have a complaint. Other should not be there. It's of no use. You either do or you don't edit eBooks. There is no other.
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#24 |
Resident Curmudgeon
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
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I edit all of my eBooks before they are read. I clean up the code and make use it looks good.
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#25 |
the rook, bossing Never.
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Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Ireland
Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11
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I only edit an "imported" (bought or PD) ebook if it seems broken.
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#26 |
Professor of Law
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Device: Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Libra H20, Kobo Aura One, KoboMini
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Same. I will almost always split up multi-book volumes. I don't tinker with short story anthologies, but if an ebook comes with three books, I'm splitting that up.
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#27 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD
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Almost never.
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#28 |
Grand Sorcerer
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Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Estonia
Device: Kobo Sage & Libra 2
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Heh. While I sometimes merge separate volumes into an omnibus and NEVER split an omnibus up. Makes it easier to search.
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#29 |
Zealot
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: USA
Device: Kindle PW 10thGen, Kobo Clara HD
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I like chapters to start on a new page. The best way I have found for this is to split the epub into chapter files.... Sometimes you have to merge them first then split them up again.
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#30 |
Resident Curmudgeon
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Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts
Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3
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What eBooks don't have chapters starting on a new page/screen? I've not seen this.
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