Please someone tell me how to get a job editing. This is a high profile author at a high profile publishing house. Sorry but this is unacceptable. #typosmakemecrazy
TheKidUpstairs Is it digital? I often find digital editions have a lot of typos. It's incredibly frustrating. I recently read a book with a character named Stacy, and it switched back and forth between the spellings Stacey and Stacy the entire time. I wanted to throw my kobo out the window. 7y
Bostonmomx2 @TheKidUpstairs it is. I find the same thing and somewhat expect it with independents but this? No. Just no. Lol 7y
CocoReads I'm right there with you! 7y
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[DELETED] 3803335244 I'm terrible with grammar, (all those years writing short hand in nursing). If I can spot grammar errors, that book has a problem. And I've come across a few books recently too! Understand your disappointment 7y
Bostonmomx2 @ForeverNerdy I actually am an editor but in the medical field so it's second nature to read a little bit differently than most I guess. 😊 7y
julesG English isn't my mother tongue, though I read English texts mainly. I keep telling myself that the authors should not thank their bunch of editors when even I find typos and grammar errors. 7y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I'm reading Hunger now and I'm seeing the same thing!! It drives me crazy!!! 😩 7y
valeriegeary Is it an Advanced Readers Copy? There are often a slew of small errors in ARCs that get fixed before going to print. Probably the author is just as horrified by these typos as readers-- I know I would be! But sometimes things get overlooked. 🙆 7y
Bostonmomx2 @valeriegeary nope. Pretty sure arcs aren't available in ebook format right? I don't think so anyway. 7y
Bostonmomx2 @valeriegeary plus it's from the library so... lol 7y
TheCanuckReader Eek! 7y
Alfoster @valeriegeary I agree. All my ARCs are in ebook format and there are always errors. I've gotten over the mistakes (still drives me crazy) but if you're going to send me a free book, I'll live with it! 7y
Bostonmomx2 @Alfoster I could totally deal of it was an ARC even tho really it should be edited by then, but this is library so not an Arc. 😊 7y
Alfoster Wow! So someone needs us (Litsy) to edit!😳😳😳 7y
Angela_AVT I overlook mistakes in ARCs, but in a final pub that's unsat(isfactory). 7y
Angela_AVT I just looked at my arc and it reads (sic): "you were going to be pulling your 200-square-foot tiny home all over the place, you didn‘t want to be weighed down. No granite countertops..." So it looks like they changed the ARC - maybe autocorrect or spellcheck error. 7y
Bostonmomx2 @Angela_AVT oh cool, thanks for that. 7y
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