Let’s talk about typos, please.

Hey, folks.

You’re probably tired of this subject. I know I am. It’s a daily (and hugely frustrating) part of my life. Every day, I have to log into my Amazon account to see if someone, who is likely trying to be helpful and is completely unaware of how harmful they’re being, has made use of their typo report tool.

Amazon is the only vendor that does this, and it’s hugely detrimental to authors.

Let me explain why.

First, Amazon tries to remove creative control of an author’s book fr...