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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Maybe it's my lack of tact, but I get quite a mixed reaction to lists of mistakes. I'm not going to gush praise at someone for selling me a faulty product, but I don't make a big deal about it either.
What I don't understand is why they don't bother fixing them. I'm only a hobby writer, but I would want anything I wrote to be as near perfect as possible. To have a list of mistakes and then not do anything with them makes me think I'm probably the 50th person to point those mistakes out, and I could have had a better reading experience if the writer wasn't so lazy.
These are all indie or small press writers, BTW.
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It could be your approach. If you're going to drop a
list of mistakes on someone, it might be better to query first and ask if they'd like it. It could also be the professionalism, or lack of professionalism, of the writer. A pro might curse quietly (probably at himself for making a stupid mistake), but he'll want it fixed.