http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:25:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-21665 How To Deal With Email Mistakes | Blind Five Year Old Sun, 24 May 2009 16:58:42 +0000 http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-21665 [...] going to damage your brand in the long run unless they become routine. I’ve been critical of typos from Abebooks because I saw a pattern of errors. That, and subject line errors are the easiest ones to catch. [...] […] going to damage your brand in the long run unless they become routine. I’ve been critical of typos from Abebooks because I saw a pattern of errors. That, and subject line errors are the easiest ones to catch. […]

]]> http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-3231 Used Books Blog Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:20:03 +0000 http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-3231 Ha-ha, great catch B! THAT is a typo which will now be corrected. Ha-ha, great catch B! THAT is a typo which will now be corrected.

]]> http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-3153 B Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:37:42 +0000 http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-3153 Careful. Not too far below from your piece on Abe, you have a review that mentions "the foreward" in A Confederacy of Dunces. A foreward? Careful. Not too far below from your piece on Abe, you have a review that mentions “the foreward” in A Confederacy of Dunces. A foreward?

]]> http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-2715 Used Books Blog Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:07:06 +0000 http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-2715 Good eye cw - but take a look at that page first. It's actually an intentional typo on my part which allows me to take advantage of a common misspelling. Good eye cw - but take a look at that page first. It’s actually an intentional typo on my part which allows me to take advantage of a common misspelling.

]]> http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-2713 cw Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:13:36 +0000 http://usedbooksblog.com/blog/a-passion-for-books-but-not-proofreading/#comment-2713 A little proofreading needed on your own site. Under pages in the right column: Barnes & Who? In your defense, transposing letters is a common error on the keyboard. Abe has no excuse for "Stephan." No typo there, just ignorance from a site that should know better. A little proofreading needed on your own site. Under pages in the right column: Barnes & Who? In your defense, transposing letters is a common error on the keyboard. Abe has no excuse for “Stephan.” No typo there, just ignorance from a site that should know better.

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