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Originally Posted by LuvReadin
The only real reason for this is that the bean-counters can get a non-native speaker (or a computer programmer) to 'edit/proofread' for far less than a native speaker. They know nothing about editing or proofreading, and care less - all that matters is that it looks good on the balance sheet. The one good thing about this situation is that most readers (who once would probably have given little thought to this) now see how vital editing and proofreading are, and how annoying the lack of them can be. It's something I'm noticing more and more of in Amazon reviews (and not for self-published books either!), basically boiling down to 'great book, but it needed an editor'.
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I probably notice it so much (and not just recently) because I have written textbooks/workbooks for the classes I taught. I had high standards, as did our editor and publication staff. I got really irked when I had to apologize to a classroom of students for a grammatical or spelling mistake in the final product. Ditto for web-based classes. Embarassing and usually not my fault (I made my share of mistakes though).
So what I'm saying is that I expect a good product whether it's a DTB or an ebook. It is my money I'm spending after all. It makes no sense to have good authors, high quality printers and good distribution if the book itself causes the customer to think, "what the heck is this author trying to say?"