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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 8687026" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>I had a similar experience recently with Kickstarter. I just wish more creators would have a bigger gap between releasing PDFs and printing physical books. Give the hundreds or thousands more people a chance to put eyes on the text and spot mistakes so they can be fixed before going to print. Even books with professional editors need as many eyes as possible. I recently backed a project, got the PDF, and in the first dozen pages spotted about a dozen mistakes. But...the text was already finalized because they'd hired a professional editor and the few passes they did was considered enough. Nope. Still mistakes galore. Inconsistency of word usage, art covering text, simple spelling and grammar mistakes...on and on. It's really disheartening. I was really looking forward to the book. Now I think it was a waste of money. I won't be able to read the physical book I ordered without cringing. Maybe that's the curse of having been an editor. In another, similar incident, a creator put out a PDF of a game riddled with mistakes (editing, formatting, etc). It's a great game. I contacted the creator informally and asked where spotted typos should be submitted...and crickets. Some people don't care. Some people care but can't afford editing. Some people care and can afford some editing. I mean you even have poorly written and poorly edited writing in the World's Most Dominant Roleplaying Game.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 8687026, member: 86653"] I had a similar experience recently with Kickstarter. I just wish more creators would have a bigger gap between releasing PDFs and printing physical books. Give the hundreds or thousands more people a chance to put eyes on the text and spot mistakes so they can be fixed before going to print. Even books with professional editors need as many eyes as possible. I recently backed a project, got the PDF, and in the first dozen pages spotted about a dozen mistakes. But...the text was already finalized because they'd hired a professional editor and the few passes they did was considered enough. Nope. Still mistakes galore. Inconsistency of word usage, art covering text, simple spelling and grammar mistakes...on and on. It's really disheartening. I was really looking forward to the book. Now I think it was a waste of money. I won't be able to read the physical book I ordered without cringing. Maybe that's the curse of having been an editor. In another, similar incident, a creator put out a PDF of a game riddled with mistakes (editing, formatting, etc). It's a great game. I contacted the creator informally and asked where spotted typos should be submitted...and crickets. Some people don't care. Some people care but can't afford editing. Some people care and can afford some editing. I mean you even have poorly written and poorly edited writing in the World's Most Dominant Roleplaying Game. [/QUOTE]

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