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@teh603-
You're missing my point. Yes, mistakes happen and get by, even in professionally edited works. It doesn't change the professional standard to seek out and eliminate as many of them as possible.
The jist of many posts in this thread has been on the lack of necessity, at all, for good and thorough editing. That authors (especially indy ones) can just magically turn out "good enough" prose on their own, in a vacuum, and that we should excuse gross (i.e. numerous and pervasive) mistakes because the author is passionate about and tells a "good story."
Sorry, that doesn't cut it professionally. That's what would be known in my neighborhood as "amateur hour."
(I just realized how that may sound. I'm not targeting you or your work. Haven't read it. I'm speaking of things in general.)
As I said, results are what matter. Don't pay big dollars to get there if you don't need to. But get there & turn out a professional-grade product if you expect to be treated like a professional. Saying, "I'm an indy author/publisher and can't afford all the time and money to do that, so cut me some slack," just doesn't fly with me.
There are plenty of ways to turn out professional-grade work on a shoestring or no budget. It just takes time and dedication, which I think all serious writers should have for their work.
What I've seen of the writers around Mobilereads leads me to believe that most of the ones here do,in fact, do just that. Other indy authors can be of less certain quality.
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