Comments on: Proofreading books: A study in contrasts http://1106design.com/proofreading-books-a-study-in-contrasts/ Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:05:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://1106design.com/proofreading-books-a-study-in-contrasts/comment-page-1/#comment-102 admin Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:16:50 +0000 http://1106design.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-102 Hi Linda, Nice to hear from you. Thanks for the support. I fight very hard for proofreading -- this post being one of the ways I do so. As recently as a few years ago, prospective clients would have heard this same "quality matters" message from any book design firm they chose to work with, and they would have hired whatever quality firm they pleased. Now, though, some very big "self-publishing companies" have completely lost their moral compass. They encourage clients to produce books that are purely awful. They suck tens of thousands of clients away from quality book designers, and in the process, dishonor book readers as well. I'm not sure how this will all turn out, but I'm always grateful for clients like you who care about doing the job right. Thanks! Hi Linda,
Nice to hear from you. Thanks for the support. I fight very hard for proofreading — this post being one of the ways I do so. As recently as a few years ago, prospective clients would have heard this same “quality matters” message from any book design firm they chose to work with, and they would have hired whatever quality firm they pleased. Now, though, some very big “self-publishing companies” have completely lost their moral compass. They encourage clients to produce books that are purely awful. They suck tens of thousands of clients away from quality book designers, and in the process, dishonor book readers as well. I’m not sure how this will all turn out, but I’m always grateful for clients like you who care about doing the job right. Thanks!

]]> By: Linda Coss http://1106design.com/proofreading-books-a-study-in-contrasts/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Linda Coss Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:07:29 +0000 http://1106design.wordpress.com/?p=171#comment-101 Michele, you should definitely keep including the proofreading. I know I appreciated it on my book -- you just can't have too many people checking your work. In my own business my feeling is that if I can't produce quality work that I believe will serve my client's needs, I'd rather turn the job away. Michele, you should definitely keep including the proofreading. I know I appreciated it on my book — you just can’t have too many people checking your work.

In my own business my feeling is that if I can’t produce quality work that I believe will serve my client’s needs, I’d rather turn the job away.

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