I have to agree with the sentiment of this e-mail. I make a point of not commenting on grammar, spelling and punctuation because of Muphry's law<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muphry%27s_law>. Also, since I have been reading the work for so long, I feel like I can frequently substitute the correct word without letting it disrupt my flow of reading. That being said, I don't know if it is that I have been reading a whole lot more 1st editions of your work, but the last few installments have been really not well spell checked. The grammar seems to be spot on, but the amount of "though" instead of "thought" or "tough" is actually large enough for me to remember. The publisher, if my understanding is correct, has two functions: 1) Marketing/distributing of Book, and 2) Editing of Book. With the amount of self-publishing going on these days by popular musicians and even authors, I can only imagine that publishers would be really scared. If I were really scared, I would probably do my job extra well. Otherwise, popular authors, like Mr. Feist, should just hire some starving English students to proof-read, and pay your own editor a contract fee to edit. Make an E-book for everyone from your wordprocessor document, or for us that like paper some limited edition hardcover/trade paperback and viola cut out the middle man. Still waiting for US release :)
Joe On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Stroup, Shelley A CIV SWOS N61 < [email protected]> wrote: > Ray, > > I have not commented on this thread, or the threads in the past > discussing the same thing and I know you are upset at the moment, but > quite honestly the editing in the last five books you've released has > gone from bad to worse. Most of us here are lifelong readers and the > mistakes are very apparent to us, the question remains why are they not > to the team of editors and proof readers employed at Harper and Collins, > it is what they get paid to do! > > If you have an email address for H/C where we can file our complaints, > please list it and I will direct my comments directly to H/C. > > Thanks, > > Shelley > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: On Behalf Of Raymond E. Feist > Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:53 PM > To: feistfans-l > Subject: Re: Errors in A Crown Imperilled > > > On Feb 21, 2012, at 9:30 AM, Mat Fisher wrote: > > > > Someone should find whoever does Steven Erikson's type proofing > (average 1000+ pages ber book, approximately 10 books in 10 years, and I > can barely remember any errors...) > > > OK, can we stop this please? Even Webster's Third Unabridged has typos > in it. Nothing is prefect. > > And each publisher has their own internal system, so the above remark is > totally pointless. > > I'm sorry, but this is starting to piss me off. I feel crapy enough > about this without folks jumping in with 100% gratuitous remarks. Some > of you are posting as if we didn't care about the product. MY name is > on the cover, folks. OK? > > Best, R.E.F. > > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > > > > > > >
