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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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#61 |
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People would still argue.
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No, that's a bit too much effort compared to what I would like to modify. I like my ebooks raw.
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I said no, but misunderstood the question. I would never change an author’s text, even to fix a misspelling. But I do import books in Calibre, and might add descriptions, fix formats, that sort of thing.
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Changing the code of the book is not the same as changing the author's text.
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I've seen this with several poorly-formatted omnibus editions by self-published authors. Each book is an entire file. It tends to lag (and on rare occasions, entirely lock up) my Kobo.
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Honestly, yes. I seldom rebuild them entirely. For instance, when chapters are in one single xhtml page o in a few pages...
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I yearn for the day I don't need to, but I almost always have to. It's a 50/50 between formatting and actual HTML content.
All my books come through Libby/Calibre. I usually edit the metadata to behave nicely, also sometimes change the cover to something I like. I wouldn't say I like seeing the characters depicted on the cover (don't even get me started on photographs), so that's usually the first thing I do. There's almost always something wrong with the formatting: sometimes, the background color is hardcoded grey; sometimes, the chapter dividers need to be appropriately set; and sometimes, there are premature line breaks. These are often easy to catch and fix with a regex pattern, so retouching is almost always needed. I often change or introduce chapter marks to my books. I like to draw my dividers based on the theme of the book and add them to my books; they're my personal touch. |
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Also, I've read in some cases where the author mentioned a mistake in the text and I was then able to go and fix it. |
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If it's a book that I love, I will make notes of typos (which irritate me, especially in ebooks I paid for), and go back to my original in Calibre and fix them for when I want to reread them.
If it's one of the marvelous books available from Standardebooks.org, I will email them and the errors will be fixed within a few days. Standardebooks.org is a great organization and they rightfully take a good deal of pride in producing ebooks which are a joy to read. |
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