tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post114987644430729415..comments2024-03-15T15:35:07.470-07:00Comments on Civil War Books and Authors: TyposDW@CWBAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-1151036303310364482006-06-22T21:18:00.000-07:002006-06-22T21:18:00.000-07:00"I have noticed this seems to be a problem with so..."I have noticed this seems to be a problem with some of the large publishing houses that publish numerous types of books and only a small number of them are on a military subject."<BR/><BR/>I have noticed this as well. The big boys who moonlight into CW publishing are very confident sending out books without even a single map, or at best an overview of little worth.DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-1150070557912666362006-06-11T17:02:00.000-07:002006-06-11T17:02:00.000-07:00David,Exactly. You are getting at my real point he...David,<BR/>Exactly. You are getting at my real point here -- if the printing technology itself creates problems that are then neglected by the publisher, leading to final products worse than the finished manuscript. There was an otherwise first-rate book a while back from a respected publisher that had numerous typos on every page. I asked the author about it and he swore the errors were the DW@CWBAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018056113264346047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-1150065841232201312006-06-11T15:44:00.000-07:002006-06-11T15:44:00.000-07:00Drew,As others mentioned, for some reason (money, ...Drew,<BR/><BR/>As others mentioned, for some reason (money, absence of pride, disrespect for the reader), some presses have opted to forego copyediting, and apparently, even routine proofreading. <BR/><BR/>Ordinance versus ordnance (that one drives me nuts, too) just shows you that no editor, or even the publisher, at a particular publishing house cared enough to read the final pages before goingdwhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01748726942956990159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-1150059557508302342006-06-11T13:59:00.000-07:002006-06-11T13:59:00.000-07:00One other thing, the university presses have outsi...One other thing, the university presses have outside readers look at manuscripts before they are considered for publications. A number of errors are picked up during that process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-1149993454993899982006-06-10T19:37:00.000-07:002006-06-10T19:37:00.000-07:00I agree. For some reason copy editing seems to hav...I agree. For some reason copy editing seems to have fallen out of favor, even with reputable presses. Like you, I am sometimes amazed and appalled by what I see. And this is just the nuts and bolts -- correct abbreviations, spelling, and the like. Writing style is a whole 'nother matter.<BR/><BR/>Fred RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16471073.post-1149940119289189782006-06-10T04:48:00.000-07:002006-06-10T04:48:00.000-07:00Two words: Good copyeditors. Or, alternatively, ...Two words: Good copyeditors. Or, alternatively, any copyeditor. They make all the difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com