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Editing for Dollars
3/27/2013 8:40:42 AM


If you're good with a blue pencil you might make some money.
In the third Carol Golden novel, "Dangerous Wind" (available on Amazon Kindle) http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-Wind-Carol-Golden-ebook/dp/B00BT1Y5H8/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1363208186&sr=1-1&keywords=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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More Blogs by Alan Cook
• Sue Grafton - Wednesday, August 16, 2017
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• Register for Free Book on Goodreads.com - Wednesday, April 17, 2013
•  Editing for Dollars - Wednesday, March 27, 2013  

• Another Award for Run into Trouble - Friday, March 19, 2010
• Silver Quill Award for Run into Trouble - Monday, March 8, 2010
• Freedom for My Grandsons - Tuesday, January 5, 2010
• Amazon Kindle Books on iPhone, iPod - Wednesday, March 11, 2009
• Run into Trouble - Friday, January 30, 2009