Comments on: Did you proofread your book’s marketing and promotion materials?

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:10:25 +0000

In reply to Diana Schneidman.

No tomatoes coming from me, Diana! I can’t even read restaurant menus w/out my head exploding.

Thanks for taking the time to read and comment — I appreciate it!

Sandy

By: Sandra Beckwith

Sandra Beckwith — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:08:53 +0000

In reply to Hope Irvin Marston (There are two Hope Marstons who are writers.)).

Aw, Hope, sure you can! Maybe it’s the book’s topic, or the character names, or the book’s message…there must be one good thing, right?

: )

Sandy

By: Diana Schneidman

Diana Schneidman — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:11:44 +0000

Sandra,

There’s no doubt that the quality of proofreading is in decline. I’ve seen grammatical errors even in the Wall Street Journal lately.

My favorite (?) is all those people who believe “its” looks naked without an apostrophe, regardless of how it is used in the sentence.

Errors are totally unacceptable on a book cover. They are inexcusable on a website because they can easily be fixed.

One or two small ones in a book do not upset me (though maybe they should). Anyone who posts a negative review for something so petty has a screw loose.

Go ahead and toss the tomatoes my way. I’m ducking already.

-Diana

By: Hope Irvin Marston (There are two Hope Marstons who are writers.))

Hope Irvin Marston (There are two Hope Marstons who are writers.)) — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 16:35:13 +0000

I am in your camp! Because I want folks to review my books, I am reading books I have purchased from other authors with the intent of reviewing them. HELP! I only write positive reviews and some of these are poorly written. Right now I am trying to decide how to handle a situation where someone did me a great favor insofar as marketing is concerned. After I thanked her, she asked me to review her picture book. Mercy me! I can not find one good thing about this published book.