Sue wrote:
>As I said before, these kinds of mistakes should be caught
before publishing... esp. if they're so minor. But I don't think
they are.

I wish they could all be caught before publishing, but the fact of the matter is that many publishers no longer employ staff copy editors or proofreaders, relying on freelancers and the author to do the work. I was given three days to proofread the whole thing from beginning to end, and I filled the pages with red marks for typos and other mistakes. Unfortunately, even the best of us miss things sometimes--and I have no control over typesetting mistakes, like when a date is set with a wrong digit. I also can't control whether the publisher corrects the mistakes I identify. You try working all day and proofreading all night and see how many typos you miss!

I thought about calling the radio station, but it would only make me into an "angry author," and it would only give more credence to Lupov's review that it deserves. Left alone, it will disappear into the ether.

Jason