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Old 01-21-2015, 01:20 PM   #21575
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Originally Posted by Lin2412 View Post
It really surprises me when there is are a few typographical or grammatical errors in books from traditional publishers. I'm more forgiving if it's in my indie ebooks, and brush them off as long as I get the meaning anyhow.
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If it's bad, and particularly if it's a book I know I will want to read aagain, then I will go in and fix it. But it takes me so long to read it then, and sometimes it feel like work.

So... sometimes I cringe inwardly and read through. I did get to help an author out with proofing her book once, though-- the publisher failed to provide her with galleys before publishing the paperback, and so she got a handful of fans to go through and nitpick the hell out of the final product with her.
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Sometimes I wish I could do that. Unfortunately, my job requires me to be nitpicky about everything I read; I can't afford to develop any habits that might blunt that edge. It's inconvenient when reading for pleasure, but invaluable when reading for money.
Since I read on the Kindle most of the time, I use its ability to highlight text, which copies the marked text out into the log file. Most of the time that satisfies my need to note the problem when it is first encountered. I have shared this file (with my own comments) with authors. So far, I've not gone so far as to actually fix their book file.
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