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Old 07-28-2012, 04:26 PM   #52
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
My problem is that I just can't read books that have poor grammar, punctuation and spelling, and sadly in the few independently-published books I've tried reading, those things have been all too common. No matter how good a story-teller the author is, for me, he or she needs to get those things right. Perhaps that's a failing on my part, and I'm being too picky, but I can't help it.
You might find this interesting.

http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=7343

It explains what I have seen with corporation-published books over the last 7 years or so. They have just as many mistakes as most self-published books.
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