Editing
There’s nothing more frustrating as a writer than to hand over what you believe to be a finished work, only to discover later errors in grammar or spelling. It interrupts the flow of the narrative and distracts from the experience of reading a story.
One of the great advantages of e-book format over print is the ability to correct these errors after it has “gone to press,” to use a now-outdated phrase.
Last night, my editor and I—and by “editor” I mean the vivacious and multi-talented Mrs. Delafosse—finished correcting a brief list of errors (found by both ourselves and readers) in my first published novel titled The Mall, offered currently on Amazon Kindle exclusively through the KDP Select program. We were able to submit the corrected edition and have it available on Amazon (“live,” as it were) by the following morning.
That’s exceptional turnaround time in the publishing industry.
It does bother me that I let about a 1000 copies of a less-than-perfect product go out to trusting readers. Even if the majority of those were free promotional copies, I still feel the responsibility inherent in any situation involving a person who sells a product they’ve created with their own two hands.
With the errors corrected, I feel that I’ve finally earned the title “professional writer,” and as a result, I’m an easier person to live with.
Really. Ask my editor.
(Bryant Delafosse's The Mall is currently available on Amazon for Kindle devices.)Bryant DelafosseThe Mall
One of the great advantages of e-book format over print is the ability to correct these errors after it has “gone to press,” to use a now-outdated phrase.
Last night, my editor and I—and by “editor” I mean the vivacious and multi-talented Mrs. Delafosse—finished correcting a brief list of errors (found by both ourselves and readers) in my first published novel titled The Mall, offered currently on Amazon Kindle exclusively through the KDP Select program. We were able to submit the corrected edition and have it available on Amazon (“live,” as it were) by the following morning.
That’s exceptional turnaround time in the publishing industry.
It does bother me that I let about a 1000 copies of a less-than-perfect product go out to trusting readers. Even if the majority of those were free promotional copies, I still feel the responsibility inherent in any situation involving a person who sells a product they’ve created with their own two hands.
With the errors corrected, I feel that I’ve finally earned the title “professional writer,” and as a result, I’m an easier person to live with.
Really. Ask my editor.
(Bryant Delafosse's The Mall is currently available on Amazon for Kindle devices.)Bryant DelafosseThe Mall
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