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Originally Posted by Dexter  Again I'll say it: Unfortunate. In this digital age, I'd think (or maybe just hope) that things could go more smoothly. Ah well.
For me, it hasn't been an issue yet. I've not read any of these stories elsewhere and nothing has scanned oddly. They are very good reads, in fact.
It would be nice to have the stories as originally written, but from what I understand he's been edited rather freely his entire career. Poor guy.
Does anyone know of a website where these kinds of errors are tracked?
(I'm guessing not, but I'm so hoping!) |
In this case, the "digital age" may be part of the problem, as proofreaders have become much more lax, the amount and time of book production being more complicated, etc. With fewer books, more literate editors, proofreaders, etc., and a longer time to actually go through the (multiple sets of) galleys, there tend to be less errors creeping in... especially as different sets of galleys tended to go to different proofreaders, so what one missed, another would probably catch. I don't believe that's the case, now, at least with many houses. And since you seldom have typesetting firms doing the work (including proofreading on their end, plus the writer, plus -- sometimes, at least, someone at the publishing company), you often have things going through multiple editions or printings before errors are caught.