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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mouseferatu" data-source="post: 732770" data-attributes="member: 1288">Working in the industry as both a writer and (occasional) developer, let me chime in.You will never get a product 100% free of errors.  Ever.  It simply isn't possible, and to ask for it is unrealistic.  The New York Times has typos.  So does the average best-selling novel, the legal fine print on many TV commercials, and so forth.That said, I agree that many companies need to hire more (or better) proofreaders.  I am not saying that you shouldn't expect better.  But it's unfair to expect perfection.It doesn't matter how good the author is; we make mistakes.  It doesn't matter how good the editor is; he misses stuff sometimes.  (Heck, you should see the number of mistakes that do get caught; they're far more numerous than those that don't.)Keep in mind that we only have X amount of time to look over a project, and we only have Y pairs of eyes to see it.  Once a book hits the shelves, it's going to be read by a lot more people than have looked over it pre-publication.Again, not saying you shouldn't ask for better.  But keep in mind that we've got a lot to deal with, and it's simply unavoidable that some mistakes will be missed.</blockquote>