How common are typos in books?
Unfortunately, there may still be typos even in new books – they just haven’t been seen by enough eyes to catch every single one of those 150,000 characters. You see, each time an editor goes through your book they will catch about 80% of the issues in your draft.
What happens if you find a typo in a book?
If you find a typo in a book, please write to the publisher (address on the copyright page, which is on the back of the title page), decribe the typo and give the page, paragraph, and line numbers where is is located. The publisher should make the correction when the book reprints.
Why do Kindle books have so many typos?
The first part is in the self-produced and published realm. This is where a goodly portion of ebooks come from, after all. And the reason for so many typos here is that almost no self-publishers are passing their work under the nose of an editor.
What to do if you find an error in a book?
If you find errors, you can email them. They will generally try to fix typos in their ebooks fairly quickly, and the corrections will appear in the next print run. Many self-published authors will do this as well. However, because an author wears many hats, they don’t always prioritize fixing typos in their backlists.
Are books printed upside down valuable?
No. It’s quite a common error for the inside pages of a book (the “book block”) to be “cased” (bound) upside down. Errors are only valuable in book collecting when they are associated with priority.
How do you report an error in a textbook?
If you are a student and this is your course text, you could ask your professor to contact the publisher’s rep. If there is an unofficial errata list, it should include contact information for the person who’s maintaining it; send a report to them.
How do I report a typo on the Kindle app?
On any Kindle with a touch screen, just tap and hold on a word to select it or tap and drag along a sentence to select a group of words. From the menu that pops up, tap More. Then Report Content Error. Finally, select the error type and fill in any additional info you want.