It’s because the publishing industry has been cost cutting incredibly hard, mostly by not replacing the people who leave in the modern heavy crunch era. I imagine these example books were edited by one person in one day. Small presses are starting to outsource work at this point. If you’re lucky and courting the big time publishers, you’ve still got an editor with 5 books for a fiscal quarter.
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Reply to Are typos supposed to be so common in books? Or am I just ending up getting poorly edited ones? by rabidpiano86
It’s because the publishing industry has been cost cutting incredibly hard, mostly by not replacing the people who leave in the modern heavy crunch era. I imagine these example books were edited by one person in one day. Small presses are starting to outsource work at this point. If you’re lucky and courting the big time publishers, you’ve still got an editor with 5 books for a fiscal quarter.