Publishing Newscensorship / editing-problems / self-published / Tablets19 Comments
Famous Writers Who Self-Published: Busting a Self-Publishing Myth – Peter Winkler takes on the false claims by “book promotion guru John Kremer” who compiled an inaccurate list of famous authors who once self published. Why Kremer does this when there are legitimate famous and successful authors who did self publish, ... more >
Features / Letters of Opinionediting-problems / quality control121 Comments
There has been some talk of publishers moving to a digital workflow based on xml markup language. The benefit of this is that it cuts down on the errors as a book moves through production. Currently books are typeset for a printer using a desktop publishing software program. When these ... more >
Letters of Opinionediting-problems / New-Concepts-Publishing64 Comments
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. ... more >
Publishing Newsediting-problems6 Comments
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 ... more >
Letters of Opinionediting-problems / Triskelion20 Comments
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. ... more >