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TallMomof2 · 08-23-2008, 08:49 AM

I read a lot of shorter books from very small ebook publishers and the editing is bad to horrible. Personally, I would like to edit almost every single one of those books. Only spell check is run on most and there are many instances where a homonym (there, their) is used instead of the correct word. In other books it's OCR errors that drive me batty. Don't get me started on mixing up loose and lose. Continuity is also a frequent issue.

I would want to be a technical editor if that is the correct term for the position and would do it for a percentage of sales.

08-23-2008, 08:49 AM	#57
TallMomof2 Kindlephilia Posts: 2,017 Karma: 1139255 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Snowpacolypse 2010 Device: Too many to count	I read a lot of shorter books from very small ebook publishers and the editing is bad to horrible. Personally, I would like to edit almost every single one of those books. Only spell check is run on most and there are many instances where a homonym (there, their) is used instead of the correct word. In other books it's OCR errors that drive me batty. Don't get me started on mixing up loose and lose. Continuity is also a frequent issue. I would want to be a technical editor if that is the correct term for the position and would do it for a percentage of sales.