tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post114977684490494564..comments2024-03-11T02:59:30.839-05:00Comments on The Book Design Review: Holy Friggin' Typo!Josephhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1164249021026501382006-11-22T20:30:00.000-06:002006-11-22T20:30:00.000-06:00A misquote that makes her look like an idiot: Mich...A misquote that makes her look like an idiot: Michie should sue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1150819888081895362006-06-20T11:11:00.000-05:002006-06-20T11:11:00.000-05:00I catch stuff like this all the time, yet I can't ...I catch stuff like this all the time, yet I can't get anyone to take me up on my proofreadin' skillz!<BR/><BR/>It doesn't bother me in informal conversation or email or whatever, but when you are selling words, frequent typos are a rip-off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1150053293970223742006-06-11T14:14:00.000-05:002006-06-11T14:14:00.000-05:00Yes, Anon #5, but at the publishing houses where I...Yes, Anon #5, but at the publishing houses where <A HREF="http://www.kokedit.com/resume.shtml" REL="nofollow">I've worked</A>, cover proofs are rarely shown to copyeditors, pretty much all of whom are freelancers like me, rather than staff members, these days.Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1149958007725235992006-06-10T11:46:00.000-05:002006-06-10T11:46:00.000-05:00Why does everyone always blame the designer? Write...Why does everyone always blame the designer? Writers write. Editors edit. Designers design. Proofreaders proofread.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to Joseph for the NYTimes quote. That's way funnier than the typo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1149885390382163022006-06-09T15:36:00.000-05:002006-06-09T15:36:00.000-05:00Holy copyediting, Batman! It's like a car acciden...Holy copyediting, Batman! It's like a car accident on the side of the highway--I can't stop looking at it. Except with this, I'm grinning. Car accidents are nothing to grin about.Kristen King, Inkthinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06129340058779387695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1149868908966292252006-06-09T11:01:00.000-05:002006-06-09T11:01:00.000-05:00Here's what the NYTimes has:The resulting book is ...Here's what the NYTimes has:<BR/><BR/>The resulting book is one of Mr. Roth's most powerful novels ever, a big, rough-hewn work built on a grand design, a book that is as moving, generous and ambitious as his last novel, ''Sabbath's Theater,'' was sour, solipsistic and narrow.Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11382230402711258215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1149868371893174322006-06-09T10:52:00.000-05:002006-06-09T10:52:00.000-05:00This is one of the most horrifying things I've see...This is one of the most horrifying things I've seen in recent days - and yet, I love it!amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03982195206793456967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1149867580654619122006-06-09T10:39:00.000-05:002006-06-09T10:39:00.000-05:00Was it the book jacket designer's mistake (HORRIBL...Was it the book jacket designer's mistake (HORRIBLE) or was he/she merely quoting faithfully from the New York Times? (EVEN MORE HORRIBLE).<BR/><BR/>At least the author's name was spelled correctly. I have a friend whose name was misspelled on her (Harlequin) cover.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1149855939630115172006-06-09T07:25:00.000-05:002006-06-09T07:25:00.000-05:00A few weeks after hearing Thomas Lux read his poem...A few weeks after hearing Thomas Lux read his poem "I Love You Sweatheart," I found "Sweatheart" paper plates in my grocery store.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1149823847954554672006-06-08T22:30:00.000-05:002006-06-08T22:30:00.000-05:00Holy carp, it IS contagious.we've got a market tha...Holy carp, it IS contagious.<BR/><BR/>we've got a market that we take to the grocery to vandalize incorrect grammar.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10466335.post-1149818515736737852006-06-08T21:01:00.000-05:002006-06-08T21:01:00.000-05:00I love Lynn Truss's author photo at the back of "E...I love Lynn Truss's author photo at the back of "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves".<BR/><BR/>She's seen with marker in hand, applying an apostrophe to a movie poster of "Two Weeks (sic) Notice".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com