NevadaDave wrote: ↑Sat Jan 05, 2019 10:33 pm
I bought the Kindle version, and I'm about 3/4 through the book. Overall, it has been an interesting read, and it's quite an amazing story.
One thing, though, that kind of drives me nuts is the apparent lack of competent editing, especially correcting the many places where a word is used that sounds like the one she wanted to use, but has a completely different meaning. "Poured" is virtually always used where the word "pored" should have been (as in "I pored over the maps, looking for a good route.") "Exorcised" is used instead of "exercised"; "flare" is used in place of "flair", and so on. I see this far too often in the writing of many younger authors (but not just the young ones), and it makes me wonder why it seems to be so prevalent. I know that many either don't notice, or don't care, but for those of us raised to pay attention to spelling, grammar, and the correct use of words find that these kinds of errors are like unexpected potholes you hit when riding. Still, as I said earlier, an amazing adventure, and one that makes me very envious. I find longer trips on the Goldwing are much more painful and tiring than they used to be, so vicarious traveling is more my style lately.
I am a voracious eReader, using the original Kindle Paperwhite, none of those fancy updated pieces of crap, that constantly try to download your entire "Library" and use up all of the storage...... my daughter is constantly telling how she has to force a hardware Reset to her Kindle Fire because it stops, frozen, won't do anything.... Amazon insists that the eReader must contain the full Library.... why? you can't find a book on the eReaders...
anyway, the above comments on lack of editorial proofing instantly kills my wanting to read any book.... the first chapter of any book determines immediately if I will continue with an author..... those who "Self Publish" and never once go back to see what their fingers slapped down on the page, I delete them immediately, and block them from view.
I love Cap Daniels ( Dan Mason ) and his books on the Florida Keys, he always researches his locations, and writes from knowledge...
Wayne Stinnett is another author who refuses to let a book be published until after the Grammar editors have proofed it 3 times.... I once volunteered to be a proof reader for him, but he already had a crew picked out. He took the time to reply to my email saying he had that covered already....
John Ellsworth is a darned good author on Lawyers, and can write a very twisted tail of evil deeds, but his books are tarnished by not having proofed them hard enough, I constantly see words miss used, or just totally left out of the sentence.... that is a glaring error that makes me want to just quit reading his books..... but his drama is so compelling that I can't quit him.
We have the Kindle Unlimited account, and I very rarely buy a book, if it is not available on "Kindle Unlimited", then I won't read it.
Tom Clancy just released a new book, I really want to read it.... BUT, he has never, ever, released any of his books to Kindle Unlimited..... I researched just yesterday, and his first book is still listed at Full Retail store price for the Kindle eReader.... that is full nonsense, and I refuse to pay $28 for a book, I don't care how self important an author thinks he is....
IMO, Tom Clancy's books really took a Nose Dive in quality when he brought in co-writers, who actually write the whole book and use Tom Clancy's pen name to sell them... I bought one paper back like that, and it spoiled the stew... Never bought another one, the quality was gone.
I go thru 2 to 4 books a week, depends on how many pages are in the book.....
but, at 75, our motorcycle forums and Faceless can only occupy so much of my time.....
I hate FB, but I would loose track of most of my older m/c friends were it not for me following them on FB..... Social Media has ruined our forums.
