Dear Bob,There's no logical explanation for so many things. There are three situations where publishers leave in errors on purpose. One is when they are publishing an author's work as found, especially when it comes from manuscripts from the estate after the author died or when the intent is to show the work as originally written.The second is when the contract gives the author final approval of the edited manuscript. The author is sent the galleys and approves final editorial corrections and makes any final corrections she or he wishes. After that, the manuscript is cast in stone and no further changes are made. This is usually part of the author/publisher contract. Last is when one publisher buys the rights of a book from another. Part of that legal agreement is also not to alter the text in any way. I'm sure there are exceptions, but this is usually the way it's done. Pointing out the errors as a separate list, an addendum to the book beyond the copyrighted material, as you described, is allowed.
Always with love, Lissi----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Even print books have errors in them. In fact, some books put a secction in called "erata" somewhat like an index of errors. I always wondered why they just didn't fix them instead.Bob----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 6:47 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare & PQ submissionI guess I am confused. If these books come from the publisher, what reason can there be for them to have errors in them?My other message saying i approve of publisher quality was based on an incorrect assumption that those publisher quality books were letter perfect. What is making them less than letter perfect if they in fact come from the publisher?E. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.-- No virus found in this incoming message.Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.5.12/1599 - Release Date: 8/7/2008 8:49 PMTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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