Book Hall of Shame Nominees 1 is found on An American Editor. There are only three listed now, but he’s taking nominations. Should be interesting to watch.
Here is the introduction to the Hall of Shame. He lists several things it’s not and then describes what it is:
Rather, it is a place to point out where editorial and production quality has fallen down, creating a disequilibrium between price and quality.
The format will be as follows:
Book title, book author, edition (that is, print or ebook), publisher of the edition.
Problem: e.g., poor editing, poor formatting, or both
Samples of error(s): (if appropriate)
Frequency of error(s): e.g., occasional, often, very often
Overall Quality: e.g., very poor, poor, neutral, good, very
good
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