What disturbs me as a reader is the number of typos in the actual text, mainly because I find them distracting. To me, these do not detract from the reputation of the author, but that of the publisher.
They drive me insane, and yet, no matter how many times a manuscript is proofed, and no matter how carefully, a certain number of typos appears to be inevitable. Which I suppose should not be so surprising when dealing with a 100,000-word ms.
What I hate is when people tell me they've found a typo, like there's something I can do about it after the book's been printed. Or like I want to know.
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Date: 2009-06-11 07:53 pm (UTC)They drive me insane, and yet, no matter how many times a manuscript is proofed, and no matter how carefully, a certain number of typos appears to be inevitable. Which I suppose should not be so surprising when dealing with a 100,000-word ms.
What I hate is when people tell me they've found a typo, like there's something I can do about it after the book's been printed. Or like I want to know.