Do typos hurt sales? Are the potential losses worth the cost of editing? A colleague recently called for a defensible study — presumably so we
Tag: errata
Errors in publishing have a long history, and not much has changed
Think that errors in printed books is a new problem? Read about Melville’s lamentous experience with Moby-Dick. Or was it The Whale? This is a
Error Rates in Editing: What’s Your Save Percentage? (podcast)
In this 5 min podcast I explore scientific evidence for what kind of error correction rate is humanly feasible. We’ll look at industry standards for copyeditors
Listen now: podcast version of “How many errors trigger a book reprint?”
Rewritten for the audio format, and with a new quote or two: here is my first foray into podcasting in which I discuss errors in