Campaign for Unshaved Snatch (CUSS) & Other Rants

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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Come Ride the Roller Coaster with Me!

This afternoon I spoke to the publisher about some changes that need to be made to the book's description on Amazon.com, including the fact that my name is incorrect. It'll all be fixed, he assures me then asks what I think of the book's cover.

"Um, I haven't seen it," I point out.

"Oh! I'll send it to you then. I think you'll like it," he cheerfully responds.

A few hours later, I find a very cool .jpg in my email in-box. My name is correct! The cover rocks hard! I rejoice. Steph comes over for dinner and I show it to her. She agrees that it is bitchin.' I print a copy to gloat over for when I get home.

More hours later, Husband arrives back from his business trip. I show him the picture on the computer. He also agrees that it kicks ass. I pick up the print out of the picture. Suddenly, I am speechless. The fucking title is wrong. Sighing, I email the publisher about the mistake. In my in-box is a comment from some sharp-eyed anonymous person left on CUSS. This person notes that the Amazon.com blurb is riddled with typos that I didn't previously notice.

Grrrr.....

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5 Comments:

At November 03, 2007 9:53 AM, Anonymous Average Jane said...

How incredibly irritating! I'm an obsessive proofreader - seriously, I can't turn it off even when I want to - and that would drive me up the wall.

 
At November 03, 2007 10:04 AM, Blogger Suzanne said...

It takes me three or four looks before I catch these mistakes. I think it is because I am so excited that I just gloss over and put the correct words in place. Although I noticed that my first name was spelled incorrectly immediately.

 
At November 03, 2007 10:22 AM, Blogger super des said...

You know, I did take a double look at Path, but couldn't figure out that it was wrong.

 
At November 03, 2007 11:08 AM, Blogger mar said...

awwww. i still wanna see the kickass cover.

 
At November 03, 2007 12:38 PM, Blogger Suzanne said...

Mar, email me and I'll send it to you. My email is on the right side of the blog under the CUSS shirt.

 

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