> On May 27, 2015, at 7:35 PM, Richard Williamson <[email protected]> wrote: > > *makes a minor disagreement shrug* > > I see a lot of books that are issued at the same time in print and electronic > editions, and then some of the ebooks go through a "maintenance release" that > fixes typos and layout. You can see this happen when you boot iBooks for the > first time after a while, and see a downloads-available badge, letting you > know that some of your books have updated versions available. > > I haven't yet seen an ebook be corrected for major plot screwups, however :) > > I've gone the self-pub route, and I know I can fix anything that a customer > points out. I upload a fixed file to take the place of the existing file; it > goes live after Apple/Amazon take a look at it (takes about 24hrs), and then > the people who've paid for it get the "download available" badge in the app > telling them to download the fixed version, and new buyers will only get the > updated version when they buy the book. > > But, yeah, 100% of the text is the same on first release, after some time > they may diverge. > > rip >
I was speaking only about specific text, rather than catching mechanical errors such as typos and punctuation. Good idea, though. Best, R.E.F.
