TromboneAl
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I'm reading a free Kindle book right now that's not too bad for being a silly science fiction read:
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Plain-We...222X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326738789&sr=8-1
The thing that I don't get, and I've seen in a number of books lately, is that the errors are so numerous and bad that I can't see how any proofreader could miss them. Examples:
Was there no proofreading at all? My guess is that it started with five times as many errors, and the proofreader gave up.
http://www.amazon.com/Just-Plain-We...222X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326738789&sr=8-1
The thing that I don't get, and I've seen in a number of books lately, is that the errors are so numerous and bad that I can't see how any proofreader could miss them. Examples:
"At one point the thought, he found a fragment of an ancient tool."
"In other words, it's not of my business."
"Jealousy has never to do with it."
"Wherever the black stuff was, the soap was doing I great job on it."
"I don't care where it was build."
There are errors like that every few pages. They are in the print edition also. The author writes well enough that he must have had some education."In other words, it's not of my business."
"Jealousy has never to do with it."
"Wherever the black stuff was, the soap was doing I great job on it."
"I don't care where it was build."
Was there no proofreading at all? My guess is that it started with five times as many errors, and the proofreader gave up.
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