Kindle.amazon.com is going away

[NullNix]

Originally Posted by Barbara1955

Why cant your friend read her e-book to correct mistakes Before she publish?

Well, we did that. I never want to read it again because I proofread it seven times, but no proofreading is ever perfect. (Also... nobody can ever test on every device, and it's amazing how much people read on phones yet expect things like big tables not to look disgusting.)

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by DNSB

For a lot of the errors I've seen lately, a remedial English class would be needed. In one recent book, I finally gave up and edited the bloody book. Such items as using: rein for reign, sight for site, bow for bough, their for they're, etc. I suspect the spellchecker showed no spelling errors but sadly the final result was a "triumph" for the North American educational system. Sadly when I emailed the author about the errors, her sole response was an offer to join her mailing list and get a free book.

Candidate for a Pullet Surprise
by Mark Eckman and Jerrold H. Zar

I have a spelling checker,
It came with my PC.
It plane lee marks four my revue
Miss steaks aye can knot sea.

Eye ran this poem threw it,
Your sure reel glad two no.
Its vary polished in it's weigh.
My checker tolled me sew.

A checker is a bless sing,
It freeze yew lodes of thyme.
It helps me right awl stiles two reed,
And aides me when eye rime.

Each frays come posed up on my screen
Eye trussed too bee a joule.
The checker pours o'er every word
To cheque sum spelling rule.

Bee fore a veiling checker's
Hour spelling mite decline,
And if we're lacks oar have a laps,
We wood bee maid too wine.

Butt now bee cause my spelling
Is checked with such grate flare,
Their are know fault's with in my cite,
Of nun eye am a wear.

Now spelling does knot phase me,
It does knot bring a tier.
My pay purrs awl due glad den
With wrapped word's fare as hear.

To rite with care is quite a feet
Of witch won should bee proud,
And wee mussed dew the best wee can,
Sew flaw's are knot aloud.

Sow ewe can sea why aye dew prays
Such soft wear four pea seas,
And why eye brake in two averse
Buy righting want too pleas.

Love this. Like you, unfortunately I have found a few books that were written like that. You know you have lost the story when you start counting the errors. I think the most I ever found was 12 in a 3 sentence paragraph.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by NullNix

Well, we did that. I never want to read it again because I proofread it seven times, but no proofreading is ever perfect. (Also... nobody can ever test on every device, and it's amazing how much people read on phones yet expect things like big tables not to look disgusting.)

Nullnix, was it per chance British English or Scottish English or Irish English or olde English or technical English?
Those usually just require a little note back to Amazon. I knew a couple of historical fiction authors that got those letters from Amazon.
I proofread one book and only found 2 errors (not counting uncommon spelling.)

[knc1]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Going by memory, Harry T. posted that he had finished proofreading the book years ago. Quick Google search and: "A Thousand Miles Up the Nile" by Amelia B. Edwards from May, 2012.
- - - -

The post was dated 5/5/2012.

Which brings to mind that perhaps we should start a thread for a new contest:
"Pick a new signature for HarryT"

The prize?
Have HarryT eternally grateful to the winner for the suggestion.

[Njall]

FWIW What I understand about authoring, publishing and proof reader(ing)

• Even the best authors miss their own gram-speller-ing errors. They get too close to the work. In otherw ords its hue man nurture to skrew thins up.
  
• Getting a book into its final, publishable form is the editor's responsibility.
  
• Proofreaders can be hired by authors or publishers; however, typically a publisher's proofreader contact list is deeper and better vetted than an author's. This is particularly true for new authors.

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by Njall

FWIW What I understand about authoring, publishing and proof reader(ing)

• Even the best authors miss their own gram-speller-ing errors. They get too close to the work. In otherw ords its hue man nurture to skrew thins up.
  
• Getting a book into its final, publishable form is the editor's responsibility.
  
• Proofreaders can be hired by authors or publishers; however, typically a publisher's proofreader contact list is deeper and better vetted than an author's. This is particularly true for new authors.

Hint for new authors: do not use the 6 inch Lincoln site for proofreaders. You get what you pay for.
Second hint: it helps if your proofreader is a native speaker.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Cinisajoy

Hint for new authors: do not use the 6 inch Lincoln site for proofreaders. You get what you pay for.
Second hint: it helps if your proofreader is a native speaker.

or learn to read Chinglish

[HLS]

From what I read Amazon wants to get rid of the kindle branding and just say "ebook"

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

From what I read Amazon wants to get rid of the kindle branding and just say "ebook"

Curiousity, did you read this on Amazon from an Amazon employee?
I read that too. I read it on a non-Amazon forum.
So grain of salt.

[GlenBarrington]

Originally Posted by kcladyz

From what I read Amazon wants to get rid of the kindle branding and just say "ebook"

For SO MANY people, Kindle means ebooks. For instance, my wife, a paper book reader only, uses the two terms interchangeably. To her, my two Sonys and my Lenovo tablets are Kindles. Her response when I correct her is, "Whatever!"

I can't believe that Amazon would abandon a brand they have spent years building.

[tomsem]

So 'submitting corrections' is still a concern for The Kindle Team. Now you can find them on Manage Your Content and Devices:

Thank you for submitting corrections to Kindle books you’ve read. This is just a quick note to let you know that, going forward, you can find your submitted corrections on the Manage Your Content and Devices page on Amazon.com. Go to “Your Content,” click “Actions” on a book, and then “View your submitted corrections.”

Thanks for helping us with Kindle corrections,

The Kindle Team

I tried it, and it works. The corrections I submitted were 'Processed'.

BTW you can use the Amazon (store) app (for Fire, iOS, Android) to access Manage Your Content and Devices:
- go to Your Orders
- should be an Account settings option there
- one of the options there should be Devices and Content
- opens a web view

Of course you can do it via browser as well, but may be more convenient to use the app. You can also view & manage (wish) Lists with the app.