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SailboatAB t1_itn7kwr wrote

Reply to comment by SSSS_car_go in Are typos supposed to be so common in books? Or am I just ending up getting poorly edited ones? by rabidpiano86

This. At some point somebody decided they'd rather have a little more money at the cost of reputation and clear communication. Many places regard copy editing as an unnecessary luxury.

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Gyoza-shishou t1_itnsrv9 wrote

So I guess it's a good thing I tend to proofread my shit before even saving it, yes?

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SSSS_car_go t1_itpqpsj wrote

Yes, but keep in mind that we all have a blind spot when it comes to our own writing and we should never attempt to copy edit ourselves. This is why self-published books are so laughably full of errors, and also why the manuscripts I’ve worked on that presented the most challenges have been those with a note attached from the author: “This won’t need much work because I have [or my wife has—for some reason it’s never a husband!] already copy edited it.”

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