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February 08, 2004

Is There a Copyeditor in the House?

While browsing Bookslut, I came across a link to Book Errata, a web site dedicated to righting the wrongs of bad copyediting. In the five minutes I spent on the site, though, I noticed a couple of typos of their own.

Could I have a comma, please?

Too many words, not enough time to copyedit.

The errors may be corrected since I sent them an e-mail, but, oh, the irony.

Speaking of typos, I found one on page 127 of my copy of Norwegian Wood: "'I couldn't tell the different between his strong points and his flaws, they were all the same to me.'"



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