Dear St. Martin's Paperbacks:
Mar. 25th, 2008 10:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jmc_bksDear St. Martin's Paperbacks:
I borrowed Lora Leigh's Killer Secrets from the library. I've been rather squicked by Ms. Leigh's Breed books, but so many people enjoy her work that I thought perhaps one of her non-Breed books was worth a try. Maybe it wouldn't creep me out so much. Sadly, I didn't have a chance to figure that out. Why? Because the very first word in the book is a typo...unless somehow the verb "tlipping" is some sort of Super Secret Commando Code (used instead of "slipping" when said commando is skulking and sneaking). If that is the case, then I apologize for my disgruntlement.
Was it a typesetting error that no one missed? I don't know.
The first pages of a book are the hook for readers. If a publisher can't be arsed to make sure that those critical pages are at least free of glaring typos, then I can't be arsed to read it.
Off to find something else to read,
jmc
I borrowed Lora Leigh's Killer Secrets from the library. I've been rather squicked by Ms. Leigh's Breed books, but so many people enjoy her work that I thought perhaps one of her non-Breed books was worth a try. Maybe it wouldn't creep me out so much. Sadly, I didn't have a chance to figure that out. Why? Because the very first word in the book is a typo...unless somehow the verb "tlipping" is some sort of Super Secret Commando Code (used instead of "slipping" when said commando is skulking and sneaking). If that is the case, then I apologize for my disgruntlement.
Was it a typesetting error that no one missed? I don't know.
The first pages of a book are the hook for readers. If a publisher can't be arsed to make sure that those critical pages are at least free of glaring typos, then I can't be arsed to read it.
Off to find something else to read,
jmc
