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Originally Posted by Kindleing
My wife buys paperback books and she has been complaining bitterly about this for a couple of years. Big-name authors published by big-name publishers seem to have abandoned proof reading, or at least minimized it. It isn't just typos, but runs the gamut of wrong-word use to mixing up characters. In one book the character driving a car changed from one paragraph to the next without stopping the vehicle.
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I've done that in a Motorhome with Captains chairs (there is a gap between that and the co-pilots chair).
Cruise control... Very straight Freeway and little traffic nearby
Relief driver kneels in the gap (engine cover) and holds the wheel, while you slide out, they slide in.