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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
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.
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I expect the major factor for BPH books would be if it is a current or backlist book. I've seen a number of reissued books which read as if they had been scanned in and converted by OCR software with only the most cursory proofreading but the new ebooks issued by traditional publishers that I've seen have been just as error free as their pbooks.
Self/small publisher books will vary widely. I've ordered quite a few books, both print and electronic, from tiny, tiny publishers (one person or family run) which have had proper proofreading and editing but I've also run across some stinkers. Fortunately, the preview/sample options normally given tend to provide enough material for bad spelling and grammar problems to show up.