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@JackTorrance: well, the bottom line is that Amazon gets the feedback from the readers. I'll say it right now--most of it is either a) pissy, or b) highly...what's the word I'm reaching for?...smug. That's the word. I would imagine that some folks think of themselves as helping the author...but so far, it most feels like a pissy demand for instant gratification of their self-importance, by forcing an author to "hop to." At least, that's what we've been seeing. Everyone here has heard my story of my Red-Carpet client and the three typos--one of which was a scanning (backlist) error, and the other two--not errors. Brit Spellings. {shrug}. @Doubleshuff: Agreed. Excellent question. In goldfish years, it's practically the Walking Dead (book). @mitford13: well, he's already reported on pretty much everything, including the edits, before this happened, so...don't see him getting much traction from that. If I didn't reply to anyone, mea culpa. Will try to do so later. Hitch |
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No matter who you are or what your name is, I think that writing in dialect should never be acceptable unless it is in dialogue. Same with bad grammar outside of dialogue - it doesn't add to the story, but simply shows that the writer/editor don't know what they are doing. For me it is just as effective to tell me about it even for dialogue since accents, for example, cannot be distinguished by horribly misspelling. US vs brit spelling? Keep it consistent throughout the book, please.
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Joe, Guy, Dave and Cindy were planning a trip to San Angelo. Their going to go swimming at the lake. That would be bad grammar. If Cindy says let's go et at Western Sky Cafe cause you guys ain't fed me all day. I would figure Cindy to be a backwoods never been to the city kind of girl. Not a grammar error. |
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All I'm saying is that a sentence cannot always be taken out of context to decide if something is an error. That's why I don't like the idea of Amazon relying on reader reports alone. I've seen too many instances of people claiming something is wrong when they have no clue--I'm sure there are those who would attempt to correct your second example, failing to understand that the nonstandard usage is deliberate. I am in no way defending authors who mangle the English language out of ignorance. |
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http://rolanni.livejournal.com/1073416.html a. The Kindle edition of omnibus The Crystal Variation, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller, including the novels Crystal Soldier, Crystal Dragon, and Balance of Trade -- has been taken off-sale by Amazon pending correction of "serious quality issues." These issues are "misspellings." Amazon forwarded the list of 144 instances of misspelled words to Baen, which forwarded it to us. More than a dozen of those "misspelled" words are "cermacrete." We also have "ISBN" identified as a "misspelled" word. Also, cantra, kais, qwint, Iloheen, aetherium, autoshout -- you get the idea. Steve and I have each made a pass down the list and have so far identified three Actual Misspelled Words, and one that I need to research, but believe to be a spacing problem. The process from here goes like this: We tell Baen which words are Actually Misspelled. A Baen editor will fix those errors. The Baen Ebook Team will then recompile the omnibus and shuffle it into its various formats, including forwarding a "clean copy" to Amazon. Amazon will then, at some point, put the book back on sale. https://www.amazon.com/Crystal-Varia...dp/B00APA1L4E/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Crystal-Var...dp/B00APA1L4E/ If you would like to purchase an electronic copy of The Crystal Variation in the immediate future, your best choice of vendor would be Baen Ebooks, which offers the book for sale in All Formats Known to Man or Clutch. Here's the link. http://www.baen.com/the-crystal-variation.html (other ebook notes) |
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I have been blasting books with (obviously) wrong word, split or run together errors in my reviews since there was no 'report errors' button/area in the 'Review my Purchase' section.
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This is why I Don't read SiFi... To much made up crap. Now you tell me even Made up Words! No wonder Kids Cant Spell or READ!
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