A Painful Observation About Typos

We were talking earlier with Trevor about what one should do if one sees a mistake in a book, a typo or something like this.

And I just saw this tweet from Allison K. Williams, who tweets at Guerrilla Memoir, and she wrote, “It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a typo missed by two editors, a book designer, and a proofreader will be seen instantly upon the author opening their first copy of the printed book to a random page.”

Yes! It’s true! Allison, we feel your pain. It’s true.

So I worked in a museum for a few years. We had this rule, and it worked, like, not to open our printed materials. Once they’re printed. No. Go to the exhibit opening and do not open the materials that you worked on for six months. Just don’t open them.

You know, that’s really good advice. If it’s printed, on to the next thing.

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