Proofreading and proofreaders were one of the first things to bite the dust when we went electronic with books being produced on computers from author to printer... they weren't eliminated exactly but the process was made lazier by the assumption (from people who didn't know better) that spellchecking (and grammar checking!!!) could automate most of the process so reducing the need for proper proofing...
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Originally Posted by Quexos
I see.
However this remains unforgivable. All that is needed after a text has been OCR'd is for someone to proof-read it. Now don't tell me publishers can't afford that or did not think of that.
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