Sentences with phrase «poorly edited books»

Price does not influence my rating but I am disgusted with poorly edited books, spelling mistakes, typos and grammatical errors.

In January of 2016, Amazon announced that it will slap Warning labels on poorly edited books that include spelling typos effective in February of 2016 and are identified under

In January of 2016, Amazon announced that it will slap Warning labels on poorly edited books that include spelling typos effective in February of 2016 and are identified under Kindle Quality Reports.

In January of 2016, Amazon announced that it will slap Warning labels on poorly edited books...

Poorly edited books occasionally break out of the pack and rack up decent sales, but those instances are rare, and their authors seldom achieve subsequent success.

While another person alleged that PW only chooses poorly edited books to slam.

But a lot of indie authors are also publishing poorly written, poorly edited books with ugly covers.

This is partly due to the poorly edited books many self - published authors release on a regular basis.

I've joked about poorly edited books on Twitter, but in reality, I don't think it's a joke.

Poorly edited books can be the kiss of death and this has prompted a new start - up Advance Editions, to «make good books better» by drawing on the wisdom, knowledge and proofreading skills of readers around the world.

Poorly edited books can be the kiss of death and this has prompted a new start - up Advance Editions, to «make good books... [Read more...]

Poorly edited books make us all look bad.

I'd like to point out that poorly written and poorly edited books are not exclusive to the self - published.

Book editing is one of the most important aspects of your book because no one wants to read a poorly edited book.

I get that — we all make trade offs in our lives — but if you are going to publish — then do so «the right way» — putting a poorly edited book out there benefits no one... not the writer, nor the reader, or the industry in general.

Reviewers don't hold back when commenting on a poorly edited book.

A poorly edited book is unlikely to get much positive reception, no matter how interesting or important the story or topic is.

By the same token, a poorly edited book that is riddled with errors and grammatical issues will make the author look sloppy and careless, and detract from the story.

A poorly edited book on Amazon will draw «Negative» comments and they will haunt you even after you have fixed the typos and grammar.

An author churns out a half - boiled, poorly edited book and then prices it at 99 cents or thereabouts.

No pricing strategy will help sell a poorly written, poorly edited book with a crappy cover.

It's a poorly edited book with characters that are very hard to belief in.

Tell me, please, how a self published debut author with a poorly edited book gets 1000 5 star reviews, then there are 1 - 200 1 2 or 3 star reviews with verified purchase classification who feel they were duped by all those bogus 5 - star reviews.

I would no more buy their wares than I would buy the cliche - ridden, poorly edited book, regardless of genre or publication method.

If you get comments in reviews about having a poorly edited book, that will work against you.

Not exact matches

Self - published books were stigmatized for being unvetted and poorly edited — in short, bad.

But it's also about the subtle and not - so - subtle negotiations between being a journalist and being a groupie, which gives it some passing relation to the fascinating (if poorly edited and organized) interview book Crowe recently did with Billy Wilder, Conversations With Wilder.

Some of the more poorly written books, if the story is good, stand as much chance of gaining readership as any mediocre tale, perfectly edited.

And again — haven't we all seen examples of traditionally published books that are poorly written / edited?

The Internet has demonstrated that anyone can throw - up (pun intended) any ol' book onto the «cloud» as a poorly conceived, designed, and edited e-book.

Your book pages and author page should work to rid them of fears that they won't enjoy it, that it's no good, poorly edited, over-hyped, not likely to be worth the investment of money and time

It is distracting to me to read a book that has been poorly edited, as many (but not all) self - published books have been.

Amazon will also remove books which they feel are poorly edited and formatted if there have been several complaints.

This book was poorly written and edited.

As quick as they are to condemn a poorly written or poorly edited / formatted book, they are just as quick to praise one.

I used to not be so choosy, accepting books that were poorly edited, but I can't in good conscience fail to mention that.

«My experience is that most self - published books have been poorly edited and produced.

The thing is, I completely get it, for all the reasons you listed — I've read enough self - published books that obviously weren't copy edited (or were really, really poorly copy edited) that I don't buy them anymore unless they were recommended to me or I've already read by that author, so as a blogger, I certainly wouldn't put in the time without being sure!

Five ways to improve the product: Reviews are dandy, unless an honest reviewer has to say the book is poorly edited, insufficiently proofread, has holes in the plot, or just doesn't make sense.

When a reader comments that a book was poorly edited, usually she means she found typos or grammatical errors — the kinds of things a proofreader should catch before a book goes to print.

But you can't afford to publish a poorly - edited book.

Some of the best books I have ever read were either poorly edited or poorly designed.

You make plenty of fair points in regards to indie authors who churn out unedited / poorly edited garbage at a staggering rate driving the price of books down, but with how poorly book deals tend to pay new authors it's no surprise most have gone the self publishing route.

From your article, I take it that you have never read a poorly edited, sadly covered, unpalatable, traditionally published book.

Are indie books more likely to be poorly written / edited than books from pro publishers?

We have all been looking for new books to read and stumble across numerous titles that are poorly edited, have abysmal cover art and overall are a wretched read.

It's worth mentioning that August said on KBoards that he refused an author's books who had more than 300 reviews wit a good rating (if I remember well) because the book was poorly edited.

Regardless, these types of books are FAR more valuable to us - and more importantly, to libraries - then poorly edited, poorly represented books that have lots of reviews.

The issue with the reviews saying that the ebook is poorly edited is that these comments are sticky: if you hire a good editor who cleans all the book, the reviews remain.

I know few writers who could pay that, which is why Amazon is flooded with poorly written and badly edited books.