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Originally Posted by GeoffC
For anyone to say that 'spelling, punctuation and grammar' are unimportant worries little old me!
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Just for clarification - they DO matter. I was simply making the point (hopefully) that the story is NOT all there is to a book. Presentation is a large portion of the experience. Without a good story, presentation is nothing; Bad presentation can ruin/detract from a good story.
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who cares for covers, fonts or paragraph indentation?
Presentation is a huge part of the package. If we carried your question further...
Who cares about spelling, punctuation, grammar...
I wonder if a book written in nothing but text talk, with no spaces, paragraph indents, scene changes, chapters..."all in Edwardian Script Font"... wrapped with a picture of a pile of dog poo...would sell very well??
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A perfect example would be 5-star restaurants...they charge an arm & a leg for a little bit of whipped cream sprinkled with powder and a stylish sauce in a swirl...the same cream would be an afterthought, and possibly even put you off your meal, if it was served in a dirty plastic bowl.