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I recently searched for 'Kindle free books', noticed a nice sounding chicklit book about an older woman and a younger man, and downloaded and read it. It was what I 'needed', i.e. an easy summer fun book. It had quite a few mistakes and a few areas that could have been worded more clearly or effectively in my opinion, but that's subjective. There weren't any of the 'deal killers' such as confusing your and you're and their with there or even they're, but there were a slew of missed prepositions and even a misspelling of the older lady's name once.
I counted at least 20 mistakes but, surprisingly, it didn't deter from my enjoyment of the book. Even if I had paid $1.99, say, I don't think I would feel cheated at all.
I wonder if this is a price vs. quality issue or have I just learned to live with imperfection? Or is something else going on here? Maybe I've just learned to give the authors some slack knowing that they are probably not selling enough books to hire editors. Oh, I forgot to say that this book was very close to the top of free ebooks on Kindle, so maybe lack of money to hire editors is not the issue.
Has anybody else noticed this about yourselves, i.e. are you are loosening your 'standards' in this day and age of free or almost free books, focusing on the content and not demanding perfection?
I counted at least 20 mistakes but, surprisingly, it didn't deter from my enjoyment of the book. Even if I had paid $1.99, say, I don't think I would feel cheated at all.
I wonder if this is a price vs. quality issue or have I just learned to live with imperfection? Or is something else going on here? Maybe I've just learned to give the authors some slack knowing that they are probably not selling enough books to hire editors. Oh, I forgot to say that this book was very close to the top of free ebooks on Kindle, so maybe lack of money to hire editors is not the issue.
Has anybody else noticed this about yourselves, i.e. are you are loosening your 'standards' in this day and age of free or almost free books, focusing on the content and not demanding perfection?