Yesterday afternoon, I finished my latest book -- the third one I've written on Bricscad.
The process of finishing a book is one of high anxiety for me: what have I missed; is something still misspelled; where has the typesetting screwed up?
The copy editor has reviewed it; the tech editor has reviewed it; and I have, too. Still, mistakes abound, particularly in brand-new books (less of a problem in updated books). After all that, I generate a PDF and print out the entire thing for one more go-over with a red pen.
I will find roughly three errors per page. On this 144-page book, that means nearly 500 mistakes to catch and correct. Most frustrating to me is the knowledge that many of those errors are new ones introduced during the corrections I made from the copy and tech editors.
I admire a book that contains a single error, for I know how many have been caught by eyes keener than my own.
The process of finishing a book is one of high anxiety for me: what have I missed; is something still misspelled; where has the typesetting screwed up?
The copy editor has reviewed it; the tech editor has reviewed it; and I have, too. Still, mistakes abound, particularly in brand-new books (less of a problem in updated books). After all that, I generate a PDF and print out the entire thing for one more go-over with a red pen.
I will find roughly three errors per page. On this 144-page book, that means nearly 500 mistakes to catch and correct. Most frustrating to me is the knowledge that many of those errors are new ones introduced during the corrections I made from the copy and tech editors.
I admire a book that contains a single error, for I know how many have been caught by eyes keener than my own.
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