On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:11 PM, Earl Borah wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:45 AM, Raymond E. Feist <[email protected]> > wrote: > OK, I haven't even finished the corrected text yet as I have to go though a > tear sheet (just arrived last week) and reconcile it with the correct MS. > This takes time. Moreover, I have been distracted by tax issues and was > preparing for a meeting yesterday with the IRS. I'm of the opinion some > people have had a incorrect sense of timing here. > > > I think it's been exacerbated by the word from the UK publisher that a > corrected version (hardcover implied, though perhaps not explicitly stated) > will be coming. After seeing some of the posts people have forwarded (such as > this one: > http://www.harpercollins.com.au/features/competitions/competition4.aspx), I > can understand the confusion. > > Yes, Ray, I think we do have an incorrect sense of the timing, but I think > that sense of timing has been encouraged by the publisher (perhaps > inadvertently). If your changes aren't in to them yet, then there are no > corrected prints yet, so the discussion of exchanging your copy for a > corrected version (and a description of how to identify the corrected > version) seems premature to me. Maybe they're just trying to make certain > that people can tell the uncorrected versions when they still see them in the > stores, or they're just trying to make sure customers know a fix is coming, > but I've been trying to pay attention and I know I'm confused! > > It sounded like corrected electronic (Kindle, Nook, etc) editions may be on > the way out the door already, from the impression I had a couple weeks ago. > It sounds like that's incorrect, but this is the first I've heard that things > weren't a lot further along in the process than they apparently are. > > Not mad at anybody (my copy should show up in my mailbox this week, hopefully > tomorrow), but more than a little confused, and hoping a corrected chapter is > available before I get there. Oh well. I'll enjoy it no matter what, I > suspect.
Both houses are doing it differently. I don't have the changes in to New York. London got the corrected 15 a couple of month's ago. Now, it will mean a SLIGHTLY variant text as NY asked me to catch some other typos as well. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity.
