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Originally Posted by GeoffR
I wish that was true, because I hardly read any self-published books. But unfortunately the big publishers, who publish the vast majority of the books I want to read, are often not much better.
I just finished reading The Faded Sun Trilogy by C. J. Cherryh, published as an ebook in 2015 by Penguin US. Big publisher; well-known author; fantastic story; but well over 200 separate errors including misspelt words, missing words and punctuation, extra words and punctuation, and missing scene breaks.
Sadly it is far from the worst example that I have come across this year. I would gladly pay a few extra dollars if they would proofread the books before they publish them. |
I have never found more than one or two errors in a BPH.
Hey silly question. I noticed you are in New Zealand. Do you use more British or American spellings?
I asked because to an American reader, you misspelled misspelt in your post.
Also note that B&A sometimes use different punctuation.