Editing for Dollars

In the third Carol Golden novel, Dangerous Wind (available on Amazon Kindle) http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Wind-...)
Carol has to find an old boyfriend she doesn’t remember (because of her amnesia) who is supposedly plotting the downfall of the Western World. This life-or-death adventure will take Carol to all 7 continents, with shocking results.

Here is a challenge for those of you who like this kind of book. I believe it has been well edited. However, no matter how carefully a book is edited, errors slip through. I’ve seen errors in best-sellers. With that in mind, and because it’s easier to fix any errors on the Kindle version than a print version, I’m offering to pay any person who is the first to find a particular error in the book the sum of $5.00.

Fair warning: I may blog some more about this topic. If you contact me I may use your comments in my blog.

Since this challenge is fraught with financial and legal implications, I had to make up rules. Here they are:

1. Deadline for reporting errors: April 30, 2013.
2. Maximum payout: $200; limit for one person: $25
3. Send notice of errors to alcook@sprintmail.com
4. Payment will be made by check or through Paypal.
5. I will pay the first person to find each error of the following type: misspelling, grammar (except in dialog and cases where bad grammar may be intentional), typos, punctuation and formatting (unless altered by Amazon).
6. I will not pay for commas (in or out). Everybody has different rules for commas.

Happy hunting.
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Published on March 27, 2013 10:04 Tags: action, adventure, editing, mystery, politics, suspense
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message 1: by Rasana (new)

Rasana Atreya What a cool idea!


message 2: by Sharon (new)

Sharon Goldstein I found one in Jan Burke's novel "Nine." Now I have to go back to find it. But to echo Rasana: "What a cool idea."


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