Monday, December 18, 2006

Those Pesky Editors!

Wolcott's already had his fun with it, but I really really really hope that's an actual shot of the cover.

Because there's nothing -- that's nothing -- funnier in the graphic-design biz than getting a full shipment of books back from the printer, opening the box with trembling anticipation, and only then seeing the howling typo in the book's subtitle.

(It's published-on-demand, so the cover's probably a PDF file that can be instantly corrected. In the spirit of Historical Accuracy, though, I'll just grab the live version and reproduce below. Let the Schadenfreude begin!)

6 comments:

  1. Haaaaaaaaaa! Count on them retardoes to mispell "recipies".

    Ha!

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  2. Anonymous10:28 PM

    I've had my fair share of seeing typos only after the printing is complete and everything's been shipped.

    I don't EVER remember it being all that funny ... except in this case! I'll join in!

    Are you gonna order a copy? Aren't you dying to make Pammy's ... most delicious recipe- De-vickle De-kroit?

    :)

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  3. Anonymous2:53 PM

    Damn! I should have made Pammy one of my Limited Edition, Bill O'Reilly, "I Got Yer Holiday Package" cookies!!! Maybe they would have put the recipe in the book!

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  4. Anonymous2:55 PM

    Okay...apparently anyone who reads the post on typos will be forced to type typos... no, my name is not "Jennider"...

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  5. If I pronounce that as written, I sound drunk.

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  6. Anonymous10:56 AM

    Blogoshpere.

    so that's, what, the father of the Blogosh ?

    i did a self-published book back in college. there was a typo on the back cover, of course.

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