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Originally Posted by HarryT
Why do you think it is that so many indie authors have lousy grammar and spelling? Unless you do have a problem like dyslexia, it's pure laziness not to learn to spell and use grammar correctly. Why are there so many indie authors who can't be bothered to get it right? That's what I can't understand. Surely if you want to be a writer, it's in your own interests to learn how to use the "tools of the trade", and those for an author are the use of language.
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What you see with most of what you call indie writers is the raw text straight from their mind with no interference or correction. I do a lot of proof reading, and I'm not exaggerating when I say no writer, whether pro- or self-published that I have read for writes perfect prose. Their spelling and grammar is all over the place because all they care about is the story. Everything else is the copy editor and proof reader's job.
But don't pretend this sloppiness is restricted to "indie" writers who either can't afford or don't think they need a decent copy editor. I've got plenty of lists of mistakes that made it into pro-published books too. Some by very famous names. Like with the self publishers, it's all down to cutting costs.