Random House Australia’s Head of Digital Brett Osmond investigated issues we reported with the ebook version of Bill Bryson’s latest book, and found them to be specific to the iPhone app for Kobo. PLUS Kindle DX ‘refurbished’ with a nicer price.
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Bryson ebook ‘not edited properly’
Digital publishing is not as simple as saving a print book in a different format (say ePub) and uploading it to a retailer’s website. In the case of the ebook version of Bill Bryson’s latest offering, a series of misplaced text remnants from the print version have provided a distraction to at least one reader.