----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Matkowski" <
jmatkowski1@comcast.net>
> Can anyone tell me if ARCs are proofread and
corrected before they become
> books in the warehouse? I surely do hope so. I'm
reading an ARC for
review,
> and I've rarely seen more errors, even in first
pages.
Depends, as John says. When I first started working in the
book trade six years ago, proofs were very popular, and very
badly constructed. There was no cover art, poor quality
paper, etc. You could tell there were going to be errors.
And, my goodness, there were. Nowadays, proofs tend to look
more like the final book version, with "uncorrected proof
copy" written in place of a barcode, and, in my experience,
there are fewer errors. ARCs these days tend to be the
finished product with an indelible sticker planted on the
barcode to stop it being sold. Some publishers (Headline, I
think) write "advanced reading copy" in place of the barcode
instead of
"uncorrected proof copy", because it sounds better. Having
said all that, errors in proof copies are usually spotted
before final print. If you have an ARC with a sticker
covering the barcode, it's probably too late.
Al
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