Why Copyediting Matters

[Dale]

Saw this in a GR book ad that was served to me:

"A brilliantly told tale of drug addiction: it's cause, it's consequences & it's cure."

Brilliantly told, maybe, but not so brilliantly spelled. Ouch . . .

[Marie Silk]

Oh dear :(

[Amy]

Whoops

[Catherine]

As an author and editor, I definitely agree that copy editing matters. That being said, we all make mistakes! There are lots of famous books with errors. This quote did make me wince a weensy bit though.

[Theodore]

Dale wrote: "Saw this in a GR book ad that was served to me:

"A brilliantly told tale of drug addiction: it's cause, it's consequences & it's cure."

Brilliantly told, maybe, but not so brilliantly spelled. Ou..."

And who uses "&" that way? The shame!