I can be a pretty forgiving guy if I’m looking at Facebook or responding to someone’s email. We all make mistakes, and life moves too fast sometimes for us to catch every little error. But I believe typos are inexcusable when found in professional print.
I own a few books that are published by Barnes & Noble. “Horrendous” is the only word I can use to describe the quality of these books. I’m not exaggerating when I say that some chapters literally had two or three grammatical, spelling, or syntax errors on each page. And the real shame of it was that the stories themselves (classic literature and novels) were actually quite good! It was obvious that whoever typed the book just ran a spell check and never did any sort of editing or proof-reading.
It was all I could do to keep from grabbing a red pen and circling every single error.
Sadly, as I make the foray from printed word into electronic (thanks to my Kindle Fire), I am finding that the lack of proof-reading is even more prevalent in digital books. Unacceptable. Publishers and editors need to hold themselves to the highest of standards, as they are the pinnacle in their fields. We would not tolerate brain surgeons who could not hold a scalpel, or chefs who could not make toast. And I refuse to excuse publishers who are simply too lazy to adequproofread their works.
I own a few books that are published by Barnes & Noble. “Horrendous” is the only word I can use to describe the quality of these books. I’m not exaggerating when I say that some chapters literally had two or three grammatical, spelling, or syntax errors on each page. And the real shame of it was that the stories themselves (classic literature and novels) were actually quite good! It was obvious that whoever typed the book just ran a spell check and never did any sort of editing or proof-reading.
It was all I could do to keep from grabbing a red pen and circling every single error.
Sadly, as I make the foray from printed word into electronic (thanks to my Kindle Fire), I am finding that the lack of proof-reading is even more prevalent in digital books. Unacceptable. Publishers and editors need to hold themselves to the highest of standards, as they are the pinnacle in their fields. We would not tolerate brain surgeons who could not hold a scalpel, or chefs who could not make toast. And I refuse to excuse publishers who are simply too lazy to adequproofread their works.