Elhiar t1_itpckua wrote on October 25, 2022 at 9:57 AM Reply to Are typos supposed to be so common in books? Or am I just ending up getting poorly edited ones? by rabidpiano86 Typos are common but it varies a lot. In some books I don't find a single in one, but in one fairly recent first edition novel I found dozens before I stopped counting. For example the author/editor/proofreader had a tendency to confuse b and h. Permalink 1
Elhiar t1_itpckua wrote
Reply to Are typos supposed to be so common in books? Or am I just ending up getting poorly edited ones? by rabidpiano86
Typos are common but it varies a lot. In some books I don't find a single in one, but in one fairly recent first edition novel I found dozens before I stopped counting. For example the author/editor/proofreader had a tendency to confuse b and h.