Comments on: Google to be e-book distributor? Perhaps to Powells.com, Borders.com and Buy.com, among others? http://www.teleread.org/2009/06/01/google-to-be-e-book-distributor-perhaps-to-powellscom-borderscom-and-buycom-among-others/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:34:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joseph Gray http://www.teleread.org/2009/06/01/google-to-be-e-book-distributor-perhaps-to-powellscom-borderscom-and-buycom-among-others/comment-page-1/#comment-1070695 Joseph Gray Mon, 01 Jun 2009 23:49:24 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/06/01/google-to-be-e-book-distributor-perhaps-to-powellscom-borderscom-and-buycom-among-others/#comment-1070695 That is a very good point. If these are recent titles, then they should already be in some type of electronic form. If so, then I would hope that they have been adequately proofread. Hey, if I want an ebook that has been OCR'ed and poorly proofed, I can get those off of the "darknet" :-) That is a very good point. If these are recent titles, then they should already be in some type of electronic form. If so, then I would hope that they have been adequately proofread.

Hey, if I want an ebook that has been OCR’ed and poorly proofed, I can get those off of the “darknet” :-)

]]> By: Mags http://www.teleread.org/2009/06/01/google-to-be-e-book-distributor-perhaps-to-powellscom-borderscom-and-buycom-among-others/comment-page-1/#comment-1070454 Mags Mon, 01 Jun 2009 19:32:56 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/2009/06/01/google-to-be-e-book-distributor-perhaps-to-powellscom-borderscom-and-buycom-among-others/#comment-1070454 Are these going to be the scanned books? With the OCR errors? They expect people to PAY for them? Are these going to be the scanned books? With the OCR errors? They expect people to PAY for them?

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