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Hey Gregg,
Let me tell you a little secret about readers.
We do care about the little details. Now I will admit I know nothing about London. I also know very little about the Royal Ballet. What I do know is you will have many dancers that pick up your book so you dang well better have the pertinent facts right or the reader will think "who is this idiot"
Oh wait really doesn't matter who this idiot is because you will be put on many "do not bother with this author again" lists. Not to mention at least one or two will write a review.
True story: there was a new author. His first couple of books were very good. He made the automatic buy and read list. (No I am not talking about Russell. He is still on my favorites list.) So anyway this author gets a lot of support from some readers. Well now, we get to his 6th or 7th book and it was a piece of crap. (Note, that is putting it nicely.) In the first third of the book, he screwed up several little details. Not to mention the info dumps and repeats from previous books. Then he just made readers sick and got the physical stuff totally wrong.
He got some bad reviews from previous readers and also lost several. He also will not be on a recommended list again.
It was so bad if I hadn't got it the first day on sale, I would have wanted my money back.
Oh you may have noticed I said first third. That is where I quit reading.
So anyway, don't alienate your readers unless you are independently wealthy.
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