Comments on Puzzle #21102: Typo found in a novel on my Kindle.
By Norma Dee (norm0908)
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solvability: line & color logic only
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quality: difficulty: solvability: line & color logic only
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#1: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Feb 13, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#2: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 13, 2013
Similar shaped letters get substituted every now and then when I download a book to my Kindle. One I could not illustrate was one concerning and individual who did not have all of his farts straight. LOL#3: Ruby Hammer (rubyqhammer) on Feb 13, 2013
I'm glad it was a clock or we might have an "x" rating on the puzzle...lol.#4: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 14, 2013
You're safe. I wouldn't try that one.:)#5: Barbara Miraftabi (mamababs) on Feb 14, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#6: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 14, 2013
Thank you Barbara, and your welcome.#7: Kristen Vognild (kristen) on Feb 14, 2013
Yep, I think they scan a real book, then send the pages through a program that coverts the scanned images into text. All sorts of similarly-shaped letters don't make the transition well.#8: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 14, 2013
Yes. Probably similar the the programs we have on our computers that converts scanned documents into text we can edit.#10: Lollipop (lollipop) on Feb 15, 2013
In another story I was confused by the FBI discussing the dues, then it dawned on me the "c" and "l" had merged to make a d. I'm not complaining, though. I love my Kindle.
For a long time I resisted getting a Kindle because I really do like the feel of actual books and the whole library experience. But when I had been in Florida for a couple of weeks and had already spent a small fortune on paperbacks, I finally caved and bought a Kindle paperwhite for the rest of my vacation, and now I wonder why I didn't get one much earlier. I was curious as to whether the typos were poor editing in the original books or if they were related to the scan to Kindle, so thanks for the explanation. Norma, your two examples are hilarious. So far my own favourite is "the tension was palatable."#11: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 15, 2013
Thanks, Lollipop.#12: Teresa K (fasstar) on Feb 16, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#13: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 16, 2013
Thanks Teresa. You might say he has nothing but time on his hands.:)#14: Lollipop (lollipop) on Feb 17, 2013
Hehe, Teresa and Norma.#15: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Feb 17, 2013
Thanks, Lollipop.#16: Joel Lynn (furface1) on Mar 7, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#17: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Mar 7, 2013
Maybe he can beat the daylight savings time out of him.:)#18: Joe (infrapinklizzard) on Mar 7, 2013 [SPOILER]
Comment Suppressed:Click below to view spoilers#19: Norma Dee (norm0908) on Mar 8, 2013
Oooof! That last one really hurts.#20: Bill Eisenmann (Bullet) on May 19, 2023
I just found this. Hilarious!
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