“Annoying.” “Very irritating.” These are just a couple of the most common descriptives readers are using when talking about their frustrations with the numerous errors in e-books. These readers are asking Amazon and other e-book distributors for refunds without...
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Hot Today, Cold Tamale…Another Menu Misspelling
Restaurant menus are fertile grounds for misspellings that are either funny or create double entendres. This one actually gave its customers the wrong impression, as the entire dish was hot: The funny thing is that "chili" was used in almost every dish on the menu,...
Proofreading 101: The “Mined” Chicken Incident
Here's a fun little typo from a restaurant menu - it insinuates that the chicken was actually mined, the way diamonds or gold would be. Funny, I always thought that chickens were farmed, not mined! 😉 That proofreading error - "mined" instead of "minced" - flashed...
Ironic Forbes Error
This misspelling - and obvious proofreading oversight - was in a June 2, 2013 Forbes article titled, "Book Publishing May Actually Save Itself". What's ironic is that the error appeared in an article about publishing! And the misspelled word, which should have been...
Be Careful How You Flash Those Descriptives…
I was reading a take-out restaurant menu when I came across this description - look at the orange word on the first line: "Homely" vegetarian food? In America, that would insinuate "plain, unattractive" food. I'm sure that's not what they were inferring! But in...
Wall Street Journal Gaffe
Believe it or not, this typo appeared in the May 20, 2013 Wall Street Journal article, "Considering an Underground Park in New York". Spell check doesn't pick things like this up. Yet another glaring example of why everyone who writes needs a proofreader!
Two To Too Many Misteaks Mistakes Spoil the Story
I wrote a guest blog post about why it’s so important for authors to have at least one “outsider” proofread their work, whether they’re indie or mainstream writers. I started the article with a simple illustrative statement: “Errers can be distracting.” I can’t tell...
Seinfeld DVD Proofreading Mistake
Check out this Seinfeld DVD cover which has a major proofreading mistake: Do you see the extra "s" on the word "Season"? How could they miss that? Many people may have checked this cover before it was published, but it takes a trained eye to catch tiny but crucial...