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Q&A How many errata are too many?

I think you mean "errors" rather than "errata". A book's errata is usually a list of errors that have been noted and are corrected on a separate page. You don't see errata so much these days—it's c...

posted 9y ago by Duncan McKenzie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T04:53:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Duncan McKenzie‭ · 2019-12-08T04:53:17Z (almost 5 years ago)
I think you mean "errors" rather than "errata". A book's errata is usually a list of errors that have been noted and are corrected on a separate page. You don't see errata so much these days—it's cheaper to correct the error and reprint it, and there's less of a financial inducement to print the errors on a separate sheet.

5 errors in 50 pages might be acceptable, depending on the nature of the errors. If it's a book on programming, and the errors mean that most of the programs don't work as printed, this is unacceptable. But if it's a missing comma here or there, then it sounds normal, and possibly better than average. Some people's "errors" are issues of style—for example, the so-called Oxford comma.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2016-02-02T14:30:14Z (almost 9 years ago)
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