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Too many typos get on my nerves and pull me out of the book. I can understand them when reading an old (public domain) book that's been OCR'd and made available as an eBook. (I've done this on a couple books, and it's a lot of work.) I have more toleration for typos when reading a self-published or small-press eBook — though it seems like someone could have proofread them (sometimes they're really bad). What really bothers me is a lot of typos when I'm reading an A-List author who's book is published by one of the Big Five. These books make the publishers a lot of money. I don't think it's unreasonable to expect them to produce a polished "product." But it's breaking down everywhere. I remember when newspapers used to post corrections for insignificant typos in past issues. And it wasn't like newspapers weren't up against deadlines in the old days (when printed newspapers were actually relevant).
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