Mistakes Happen. Who’s to Blame?

Mistakes happen. Typos happen. Editors aren’t perfect.

As an Edgar judge, I read a LOT of books last year, all traditionally published. Some big houses, some small press, but MWA has not yet accepted indie published works to be entered in the contest. One would think/hope professional editors working for publishers would ensure a mistake-free product, but not so.

Yes, mistakes happen. None of these errors were of ‘throw the book across the room’ magnitude, but I thought they were worth mentio...