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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
I can't figure out if you lot just don't get it or you are being deliberately obtuse.
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I'm deliberately being sarcastic due to *ahem* people who are intent on making a huge mountain out of a molehill.
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Originally Posted by kidlekitten
it's NOT the mistake, it's the callous attitude of the publisher.
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Uh huh. Full quote:
"We're mortified that this has become an issue of any kind, and why anyone would be offended, we don't know," head of publishing Bob Sessions is quoted as saying by the Sydney newspaper.
Nice of you to drop the first half of the quote, by the way.
Bob Sessions is, as far as I can tell, just an upper level exec at Penguin Australia. To act like the second half of a single sentence is a smoking gun of the heartlessness of an entire publishing company is slightly ridiculous, and strikes me as an interpretation by someone who is intent on badmouthing either the individual, the company, or publishers in general.
And of course, in the "actions speak louder than words" department, they recalled and destroyed all the books they can and offer to replace any copy with the erroneous text.
It's a non-issue. Period.