[lbo-talk] Proofing (was CounterPunch 8/25/07:"The Great Financial Crisis: Who's got a turd in his briefcase" by JamesPetras )

[Jeffrey Fisher]

On 8/26/07, Robert Wrubel <bobwrubel at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
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>   "If you read through reviews in scholarly journals you will constantly
> come
> across reviews pointing out bloopers in some book published by a
> respectable university press. It happens, and shouldn't occasion too
> much gnashing of teeth."
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>   typos are very common in mainstream, hard-bound books, by reputable
> writers.  I'll bet there are two or three each in Fiasco, Nemesis, the Bush
> Agenda.  Care in editing is probably inversely proportional to the level of
> expected sales.

"Care in" =  investment in.

But basically, what both of you say.

j