I found a few spelling errors unconnected to American vs. British spellings.CatInTheHat wrote:I think that can be an issue, as people don't realize that the author is English, not American, or is trying to write using the verbiage of the area. Sometimes different terminology is used as well. For example, when one says "London's ton", they are referring to the high society of London. Nothing weight relatedJennifer Allsbrook wrote:I noticed several errors but as mentioned in the original forum post some of this could be due to differences between American and British spellings. For example the word check was spelled cheque (p175).
My Biggest Complaint: Insufficient Editing
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Re: My Biggest Complaint: Insufficient Editing
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"In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you." (Mortimer J. Adler)
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If one goes in looking for errors the story possible passes by. There is a divide somewhere, probably different with each esteemed reader, when the errors over ride even the Bible but for the most part even if it is badly written or edited, one can mush thru to the conclusion.
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After that acceptance, how do we reach a place without loss of limb, were the work can be made whole, righteous, understandable and acceptable without costing the first born?
Gad, I am becoming too embedded in this. There is nor ever will be a perfect answer or end.
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Take that Scott!!!!
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Formatting errors REALLY bother me. I understand some of these errors are occurring during the upload onto eBook websites but I know there are ways to correct that, which again comes back to the editing.
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Agree. specially when there are a series of dialogues and the quotation marks get messed up, or the dialogues have spaces/breaks in between. That can get really really confusing.MrsPotts wrote:Typos and bad editing always stand out to me. I know I'm not perfect however someone who's getting paid to edit a book should do so with a more careful eye. The ones who aren't getting paid should remember at some point their friend or family member they're helping out could always hit it big and they could eventually start getting paid.
Formatting errors REALLY bother me. I understand some of these errors are occurring during the upload onto eBook websites but I know there are ways to correct that, which again comes back to the editing.
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I have the opposite complaint. A lot of books I've read have amazing beginnings. The plot is really interesting in the first few chapters and then suddenly the rest of the chapters are the "happily ever after" ones. Maybe it's just the books I select, but that can get very annoying.sandra tomko wrote:My biggest complaint about a book is when the author spends 95% percent of the book setting up the plot, and then....the ending is over in a chapter. It almost seems like some authors just want to hurry up and finish the book.