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Posts Tagged ‘editing-problems’

Readers of New Concepts Publishing Books Beware

By Jane • Mar 19th, 2008 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc

According to its owner (or one of its owners), NCP does not engage in any editing of its books.
“Editing-the focus of editing in this company has shifted with the times. We spent years trying to help new authors perfect their writing skills by paying editors to tweak the books. Some authors actually appreciated [...]



Rosie O’Donnell Takes Publisher to Task for Sloppy Editing

By Jane • Sep 7th, 2007 • Category: Publishing News

Sloppy editing is a complaint that many romance readers have made before. It appears that misspellings and grammatical mistakes are not limited to romance books. Rosie O’Donnell went public with her disgust of Grand Central Publishing for failing to proof the hardcover jacket of her newest book, Celebrity Detox, which had misspelled her [...]



Tsk, tsk Triskelion

By Jayne • May 12th, 2006 • Category: Letters of Opinion, Misc, Reviews

Dear Triskelion,
Earlier I wrote about the bad experience I had buying 2 ebooks from you. Now I’m sorry to say but the reading experience for one of them has been less than wonderful and it’s not due to the author’s voice or style. It’s due to your poor editing.
I was reading the first book on [...]