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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't think he claimed that it was either high or low; simply that is was "not representative", whatever that means.
I do believe it justifies the conclusion I've reached that the majority of self-published authors can't (or at least choose not to) write books that have correct grammar, spelling and punctuation, and that's a hurdle that has to be crossed before I'm even willing to look at how good a story-teller they are.
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HarryT,
We finally found something to agree on.
Though if my internal proofreader is kicking in, it means one is not a good story writer.
The story might be fabulous in audio if it is just BAD spelling and punctuation but I will never know if I keep getting thrown out of the story by errors.
The good news is, one pretty much just needs to look at the first page to see about the grammar.
One of my triggers for not picking up a non-fiction book is this line. "Congratulations for downloading this book." If I see that, it is almost a guarantee that it is a copy and pasted from the Internet in backwards English.