Re: Just finished reading Cards by Maxwell.
I emailed silentlyricproductions.com inquiring about the typos. Check out the reply.
"Thank you for your query.
Regarding Cards, we sustained an unfortunate incident with our proofreader. After proofing the manuscript, he accidentally sent back not his corrected version, but the original version containing about 30 errors. Naturally he is no longer with us.
Because this product was not yet proven, we declined to spend additional resources on a second printing until it established a successful track record. On a positive note, sales are accelerating faster than anticipated, so a second printing may occur as early as this summer.
If this book continues its success, then these first un-proofed books could be collector’s items, as they do manifest the author’s raw draft.
Sincerely,
Chris Ensington
Silent Lyric Productions, Inc.”
Here endith the mystery. i figured there must have been an explanation. I bet Jonathan Maxwell was pissed when he came across the typos in the finished book, but I think if I wrote a book and was sending it to agents and publishers, I would have had a friend or someone proofread it for me anyway. It is interesting to see the errors, like you’re in his head.
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