tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post3589835954572716175..comments2023-10-19T07:54:32.841-04:00Comments on Quod She: EmbarrassingDr. Viragohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-31383776874494228082008-10-27T07:59:00.000-04:002008-10-27T07:59:00.000-04:00Heh heh. You guys are funny.Dedalus -- I think yo...Heh heh. You guys are funny.<BR/><BR/>Dedalus -- I think you're right that the screw up originated with Amazon. My alumni mag copied the jacket copy (which is error free) correctly in their blurb. Then either the 19 year old interns at Amazon picked it up and then my publisher's 19 year old interns for the marketing division picked that up, or vice versa. Like you, I've gotta think that my publisher has better 19 year interns. Indeed, they probably went to my college.<BR/><BR/>Wait...Oh no...Now I think it did originate with my publisher. The 19 year old interns were probably reading the alum mag and said, "Oh look, one of our books!" That explains the typo. Someone who picked it up from the web edition would have cut and pasted, wouldn't they?<BR/><BR/>Sigh.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-48089250883396002662008-10-27T00:28:00.000-04:002008-10-27T00:28:00.000-04:00I second that, tempests--set the controls for Maxi...I second that, tempests--set the controls for Maximum Evil!<BR/><BR/>...but yeah, a screw-up like this would of course make my head explode instantly, as you well know. But anybody reading is going to care far more about the Real Live favorable reviews than about the poorly-edited jacket copy. <BR/><BR/>And my instinct is to blame Amazon, not so much the publisher. You see this stuff on there all the time--you know they've gotta have nineteen-year-old interns doing "data entry." Whereas maybe I have an idealized view of university press copy editors, but I've gotta figure they at least know about spell-checking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-868116071231769892008-10-26T20:34:00.000-04:002008-10-26T20:34:00.000-04:00But what if you want to be a maximum evilist? They...But what if you want to be a maximum evilist? They get better uniforms!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-88891829615663103862008-10-26T00:58:00.000-04:002008-10-26T00:58:00.000-04:00Probably not too late to change your profession to...Probably not too late to change your profession to, say, midevilist.medievalkarlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12440542200843836794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-25573130729880427482008-10-25T18:45:00.000-04:002008-10-25T18:45:00.000-04:00I'd probably contact the publisher, and impress up...I'd probably contact the publisher, and impress upon them that this "blurb" could hurt sales. My hope would be that they would then do all of the necessary tracking down and fixing?Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.com