Comments on: Non-Professional Copy-Editing

By: judy newman

judy newman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:16:19 +0000

bought one yesterday at barnes and noble

By: Joel Polowin

Joel Polowin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 01:30:16 +0000

I’ve seen copies of L. Sprague de Camp’s _Rogue Queen_ that had “_Rouge Queen_” on the spine. Now *that* is a typo for you..!

By: Anne Z.

Anne Z. — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:31:36 +0000

Oh, that’s so awful! It makes me shudder. How could anyone let that get past? Good grief.

By: Suzy

Suzy — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:04:37 +0000

In defense of copy editors: I work for a major publisher and, at least in my department, the copy editor never sees the cover. Therefore, catching errors on the cover is the sole responsibility of the development editor and the proofreader/QC tech.

By: Typography (Booking through Thursday)

Typography (Booking through Thursday) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:13:51 +0000

[...] week’s meme: You may or may not have seen my post at Punctuality Rules Tuesday, about a book I recently bought that had the actual TITLE misspelled on the spine of the book. A [...]

By: Typos « Antiquarian’s Attic

Typos « Antiquarian’s Attic — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:22:44 +0000

[...] You may or may not have seen my post at Punctuality Rules, Tuesday, about a book I recently bought that had the actual TITLE [...]

By: Typography « Booking Through Thursday

Typography « Booking Through Thursday — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:59:23 +0000

[...] may or may not have seen my post at Punctuality Rules Tuesday, about a book I recently bought that had the actual TITLE misspelled on the spine of the book. A [...]

By: Annik La Farge

Annik La Farge — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:54:29 +0000

Deb, you are right, it was a grievous error that we all regret. We have replaced every copy that any bookseller decided to return, and have corrected the mistake on future reprints.

To err is human….

Annik La Farge
Publishing Director, Bloomsbury USA

By: Gillian

Gillian — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 02:28:45 +0000

You’re so right. I remember a course I took with an Ed prof who was an excellent lecturer. Assignments included reviewing his books which were full of grammatical errors that any editor should have caught. And I said so in my reviews. I still got good marks, but it was tough to write.