Good book.  Abysmal editing.
925325
This 2010 edition is utterly horrible.  Its a good book--3 or 4 stars for content. Zero stars for the hundreds of typos and other distracting errors this edition has.  It looks like they scanned a previous edition with optical character reading but they failed to fix errors in the scan such as words appearing as "modem" when the particular word should read "modern," further the layout is reminiscent of formatting errors that occur when you copy and paste to a word document from another source that just doesn't mesh well whatsoever into word formatting (the spacing between lines fluctuates throughout and lines trail-off early before reaching the margins).  "BNpublishing" should be embarrassed of themselves. Fat chance I will ever buy another book from this publisher, lest it comes with a guarantee that they have since hired an editing staff.

**2014 EDIT**
I'm guessing most people looking to read this VERY OLD self help book have already read a dozen or more of these books.  To you I would like to say: please start reading more esoteric stuff!  Regarding better watered down self-help psychology stuff the 7-habits is great, think and grow rich is great (take it with a grain of salt), etc, etc, etc, etc
2404107
This book was pretty good, kept my attention and I was able to read it pretty quickly. The problem I have with the book is all the misspellings and incorrect wording throughout the book. Whomever the authors editor was needs a new job. I've seen books before with one or two mistakes but this was way too much. Hopefully her next book will be better in the editing department.
4411532
The topic of this book is interesting, and the different aspects of the American Heiress - English Aristocrat unions are described in a lively manner in the different chapters. The illustrations in the book are chosen to complement the text. However, the editing of this book is very poor indeed. I have never read a book with so many typing errors, which clearly showed that the text had been run through a spell check, but then nobody seemed to have verified if the text still made sense! So, often, "Red" is used in the text instead of "Bed", etc.
4386145
Book is very interesting and informative but the editing job is very  bad.  The story jumps around and doesn't really have a overall plot or theme.  Seems like the author wrote his thoughts and published it without going through editing any drafts.
1225437
I liked the book a lot but the glaring errors that were missed by the editor were very distracting. Some were so obvious I don't know how they were missed.
4273793
This is a great story, very interesting, with good information.  BUT the editing is horrible.  There is current event info that was shoved into the newest edition without any adjustment to the rest of the story.  And an entire chapter that, although very interesting (and would make a good book on it's own), goes nowhere.
1743378
Very good book, marred heavily by lack of proofreading as shown by the incessant hyphenation problems.  Apparently the original book had hyphenation everywhere.  But however this ebook was developed, instead of correcting it for proper reading, it inserted a dash and space in every instance.  Very bothersome,  I would not recommend this book unless this is corrected, if corrected I would give it 4 stars.
1762277
This novel, while a good story in and of itself, makes your realize the importance of a good editor, or at the least, a good proofreader. Much of it was very good, but its goodness was marred by the countless errors present in the text.

 The story itself is an excellent tale of a feudal-style colony of humans descended from those colonists who were sent to this planet after a global catastrophe made earth uninhabitable. Much of the story centers on the politics, interactions and betrayals amongst the nobles, as alliances are formed and broken in the quest to control more of the scant livable land on the planet. The sendentary peoples of the continent prepare for war against the nomadic tribes of Nullarbor, and dark plans are made against friendly nations while their armies are away.

 The hero of the story, Leland du Laal, the youngest son of the local ruling noble, has for whatever reason climbed the Needle, a forbidding rock spire, and donned the Helm, which is supposed to be charging in the sun in preparation for Leland's oldest brother to put on. The Helm infuses the wearer with the total of all human knowledge, and was created to help the colonists set up a good colony. After months of punishment, Leland is sent away to study Aikido, and comes back to lead an army against the nomads.

 The characters in the story are well drawn out, if not totally believable. The bad guys seem a little too needlessly cruel, in my opinion. Granted, it makes it easier to hate them and root for the good guys, but some of the things they do go beyond simple conquest of a neighboring province. Leland himself is very likeable as a character, as is his second in command, Gahnfeld. The interaction between the two is enjoyable, and most of the sections about Leland's army make the book worth reading.

 My main problem with the book came from all the sloppy phrasings and editing errors that were spread throughout the whole book. Twice, two supporting characters change names, as do a couple place names. Typographical errors litter the prose. Several clumsy phrasings jar the otherwise expert writing style, which could have been cleared up with a slight rephrasing. Things like, "He stood up next to the table and put his hands down on the table." Clumsy phrasings that a simple pronoun would fix. Pedantic types might not be able to get past that.

 This book might take a little more suspension of disbelief than either of Gould's previous two novels. I'm not quite sure why so many people in the colony world study Aikido, but overlooking that, it's a well-created fictional future Gould has formed for his story. The book is fast-paced, and very hard to put down. I'd say it's worth plodding through the errors. The ending was kind of a disappointment, but ignore the epilogue and it's much better.
2941010
This was a very good book, well-written with lots of information.  It flowed well and moved along.  My one complaint is that is was so poorly edited - many typos.
3011282
The first two chapters of this book were attached to "Her Silent Tears", since the book is about the same person.  The writing is very good and catches your attention immediately.  However, in the space of two short chapters I found glaring errors that would have been caught by a good editor.  In the very first sentence, a hyphen was omitted that was not optional:  the phrase should have been "smoke-filled bar".  In the second chapter, there is a sentence "Then it donned [sic] on her, Pam's big mouth told him."  I sincerely hope the editor will go back in and fix her errors.  Hopefully she will recognize that the person was not speaking of putting something on, but that the word should have been "dawned".  Ah, well.  Poor editing will drive me away from any book and it has driven me away from this one.  If sloppy editing doesn't bother you, you will probably enjoy this book.  If it does, stay away from it.
1544836
Book 2 of this series has a thoroughly enjoyable storyline of the adventures of Reagan and Connor.

The plot however mirrored the plot of Morgan and Nic (the main characters of Book 1) right down to the same errors made by the men in the way they lacked honesty in their relationships with their women, or wives as they turned out to be. This was somewhat frustrating.

The other frustrating problem was a complete lack of editing. Had the novel been properly edited, or edited at all, it would have been a more pleasant read. As it is it has large errors due to a lack of research of the era in which the novel is set. There are numerous spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors as well. Spell check is not an editing tool in that it will still recognise a word as correct if it is indeed a word even though it is used in the wrong context. As an example, the novel reads of someone wanting to "horn" their skills instead of "hone" their skills. Furthermore many of the mannerisms and behaviour of the characters were not in keeping with the era in which the story is set.

All of that being the case, the novel is an enjoyable read.

If this Author reads this review, please have your books proof read and edited. They are good enough to be worthy of the expense of doing so.
3896122
I love me some David Drake. Doesn't matter what, I'll read it as he's a wonderful author. This book, however, is either poorly edited or not edited at all. Extra words, misspellings, missing letters AND words. It's as if the publisher just said, screw, and tossed it out there.

The story itself is pretty interesting and seems as though it could be expanded quite a bit. Nothing like the Leary or Hammer books at all but a damn good story all the same.

Would have given it five stars if not for the sparse editing.
1647549
This is a good book and I enjoyed it. What held me back from giving it 5 stars was the editing. It wasn't horrible, in fact it was better than a lot of ebooks. There were just a few sentences were the wrong character was named.  For example, in one chapter told from Holly's perspective, Elizabeth is speaking to her, and therefore should be speaking about Natalie, the third woman, rather than Holly. The errors aren't real irritating, but they do break immersion somewhat.
419262
This book is informative and good if you just want to breeze through some of the more important scientific discoveries in not much detail. There are some intriguing thoughts as to the workings of the mind that leave the reader somewhat ponderously. However, this book has not even been proof-read let alone edited. It has an unbelievable amount of errors. It is repetitious and at times treats the reader as child while at other times,  professor. It annoys me the amount I paid for a book that has been put carelessly on the market. I ask, would the author like me to edit it for him?
1652907
This book is recommended to many writers interested in increasing their writing output.

The methods and personal stories are sufficiently and clearly explained. The writer is also careful to make the point that there are multiple ways and that her way might not work for everyone.

Unfortunately, this book is poorly edited. It was extremely jarring to read through the various typos, double words, and occasional misspellings.

I would think on an ebook selling as well as this one the author could do a read over after all these years, go in and fix the text (which is simple and fast to accomplish) but the author  chooses not to. Too bad.
460358
Despite the huge number of serious errors in this book, I enjoyed it, but don't for the life of me know why. Usually, lots of editing errors turns me off and I don't finish a book. This one had numerous grammar, spelling and punctuation errors on every page. The 1st person perspective switched between the H/h for each chapter... with the exact same scenes done from her POV then his. It got old very fast. And there were no surprises, by page 20 I knew how it would end. Still, something kept me reading. The only reason I can give for it is because the author made me like the main characters. That's why I'm giving this book a 3 instead of a 1 for the horrendous editing. And for some reason I plan to buy the author's latest book, in the hopes her editing has improved and is now equal to her character development. If that happens, she's destined to sell a lot of books.
4681899
I'm a big fan of this author, and I quite enjoyed this book.  Nathan seemed like a quite believable character, and his journey of self-discovery made sense.  Trent was more of a cypher, with less explanation of his behavior and history.  I enjoyed the settings of the book, and the other characters in the story as well.

However, this book suffers from dreadful editing.  The most obvious problem is that Nathan left a job at the non-existent Boston General Hospital for most of the book, but by the end the job has transitioned into a job at Mass. General, which is a real hospital.  The Boston Museum of Fine Arts is on Huntington Avenue, not Huntingford.  Time and again my reading would be interrupted by a problem with the text, most often by a clash in verb tenses:  "Trent put on the clothes he was wearing last night, and we head downstairs."  This made reading this book way more painful than it should have been.