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Old 03-12-2018, 18:58   #4
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Re: Discrepancies between e-books and printed versions

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Originally Posted by Hugh View Post
Unfortunately, we can’t put a man in the moon, anymore - the technology we had to do so (Saturn V) isn’t made any more, and we don’t have any current heavy lifting bodies capable of getting a manned mission to our satellite, land, and get back.

Anyhow, completely different tech - that’s like saying we have nuclear power, why don’t we have fibre broadband in remote villages; it’s comparing apples and turnips.

The typesetting for a printed book is completely different to that for epub/mobi formats - it’s like the manufacture of bikes and cars - wheels, steering and gears are involved, but different types.

Also, Altered Carbon was first printed in 2002 - ebooks weren’t (mostly) available then, so it probably had to be scanned and reformatted for ebooks; newer books it tends to be done all at once.

I found this informative.

https://www.millcitypress.net/author...books-vs-books

Tell that to Elon Musk
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