A DISAPPOINTING DISCOVERY
A small indie publisher of my acquaintance released a new title a day or so ago. Whilst I had been impressed by the quality and attention to detail of previous releases, this one fell far short of expectations. Sadly, the sample material, which can be viewed on Amazon, is so riddled with typing errors that it will put off many prospective purchasers.
I've been editing manuscripts for long enough to know how difficult it is to catch every last typo. Missing speech marks and commas are especially hard to spot once you've read through a text for the hundredth time. However, the mistakes I encountered are ones which should never appear in a thoroughly edited and published work.
A lot of time and effort has obviously gone into the production of this novel. The cover art work is particularly eye-catching, and the interior formatting is well executed. Sadly, an extremely poor level of proof reading has let the side down.
I've sent the publishers a short note drawing their attention to this. All that remains to be seen is whether or not they do anything about it.
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