Great book, poor document editing
599268
There appears to have been NO final typo edit of this doc. A few of the typos make me even wonder what the original wording was.
85418
The book does a good job of describing this lesser known Antarctic voyage of exploration.  Well worth the read, but the huge number of typos in the last third of the book were really annoying and need to be corrected.  No excuse for not ensuring the transcript is accurate.
3532403
Let me start off by saying that this book is a gem overall, and for anyone who needs to understand SEO, social media marketing, and content marketing, this book is well worth owning. The most impressive aspect of this book is Odden's ability to explain these rather technical subjects in terms that the layman can effectively process and digest.

The downside of this book is the editing. I'm not sure if this was a self-published work, but it definitely does not appear to be professionally edited. In short, grammatical errors abound, and the resolution for tables and illustrations is rather poor to say the least. If Odden addresses these issues in future reissues, this book could become a classic for aspiring digital marketing nerds like me. Trivial? Perhaps. But a definite caveat all the same.

All in all, I highly recommend it.
345810
I really enjoyed this book, the story line was a lot of fun, and I would have loved to see this book as an actual Stargate Atlantis episode.  The characters were great and true to the TV show.  My only complaint would be the editing of the book.  I found so many typos and grammar mistakes! Whoever the editor was better find another profession, usually I can keep on reading the book and not care, but this book is full of them, to the point where it became distracting.  Other than the typos, the story line was great, very detailed and the characters well described.
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.
874912
This is a great book and I really liked it but there are several typos throughout the book, nothing too bad though.  Page 138 in the book which is the page in the appendix that has all the torque specifications is pretty much useless unless you take the time to rewrite the entire page because everything for some reason is out of order.  Not too big of a deal because you should be using your service manual for those numbers anyway...it just would have been nice if it was readable and for quick reference.  I just wish they had gone through the book to check for typos and errors before they put it out on the shelves.  But overall great book that I would recommend to anyone with a B-series engine.
3222134
I am renting this book for a class I am taking in healthcare services marketing. It is teaching me a lot, and I am able to apply much of it to my professional and volunteer lives. In fact, it is one of three books from my MBA program that I will be keeping because the content is so useful to me. That said, every chapter has at least one typo. They're things that spell check won't catch because they are actual words but unfortunately not the right ones, e.g., "though leader" instead of "thought leader" and "failure rare" instead of "rate." Another chapter has a section heading called Internal Corporate Analysis. That section starts off with, "In international corporate analysis...". In addition, the book is rife with grammatical errors.

While these problems won't bother most people, those who get up in arms about this kind of stuff (you know who you are!) will find themselves twitching pretty regularly. It is unfortunate that the content is so good, yet the editing so poor. That is unacceptable in a textbook, especially one meant for college/graduate school.
1298463
I really enjoyed reading this book and I feel that others here have represented the content and quality of the work well. I would, however, like to comment on the formating of the Kindle edition: although the layout was acceptable on the page, whatever OCR/scanning was used left huge washes of barely-readable text and it appears that the book was only spot-edited at best.

I had actually chosen the same exact passage as another reviewer to illustrate the errors, but I would like to emphasize: Bcrvvie and 13<rwie?!

This is just one example among many throughout the book and I cannot recommend the Kindle edition in its current state.
511412
The book itself is good with lots of helpful information. It seems like it's going to be a great pocket reference. The only problem is that the tables of copyediting and proofreading marks are blurry and impossible to read. It looks like the publisher used a photocopy of a photocopy and no one bothered to see how the quality had degraded. So if you're buying this book to learn copyediting, you'll end up feeling cheated.
519286
I have read all the books in the series, so obviously I like them.  The research on the various times is thorough and I really enjoyed reading all the detailed descriptions.

HOWEVER,with that said, the poor proofreading, misspelling, bad grammar and the like was very irritating.

I do recommend you read these books anyhow -- just gloss over the irritating little errors. As I recall volumes 4 and 5 were the worst for this.  That's why I'm only giving 4 stars to this series.

I hope the author will look these books over carefully and correct them (or get someone to do it); in that case, this series will be a 5-star winner!!
649954
I really enjoyed this book, which more closely acqaints the reader with a key character who appears in several subsequent books that I had already read. Non-spoiler hint: she isn't the Duke!
However, the poor proofreading marred my pleasure, like having a wrinkle in the rug trip you up while carrying a full glass of water. The word "c o r n e r" was more than once spelled "comer" (the phrase "all comers" was properly spelled in the same paragraph in one instance) and the word "will" (guessing from the context) was spelled "wih" which is not even an English word. Also, random letters were occasionally superscripted, usually the letter "y".
1687572
I was introduced by Huston when I first got a Kindle as a gift, where his publishers were crafty enough to offer some of his books in Kindle form for free.  It hooked me.  Then I read Stephen King's enthusiasm for this book, and bought it and dug right in.  It's very LA-centric, which works well for me, as a native Angeleno.  I love the mess of an anti-hero, and Huston's voice is unique and brilliant.  I loved the book and its peek into a rather under-the-radar business like crime-scene clean-up.

The trouble I had, though, is that the Kindle edition is unforgivably sloppy!  It looks like the print book pages were scanned, run through an OCR program, and thrown online without editing, or even proof-reading!  There are hundreds of "typos", but they're much worse than typos.  It made the whole reading experience incredibly distracting.  Amazon and Ballantine have really screwed up here, and if this is someone's first experience with Kindling, it could be their last.  Really, this is a disaster!
4537654
The book itself is great (I had been reading a borrowed paperback copy until I bought the kindle version). It's concise and readable without sacrificing substance. However, it looks like the kindle version was created by an incompetent computer program--the formatting is terrible.
3460015
I would give this book 5 stars for content and 0 stars for editing.  Unfortunately, the poor editing spoils an otherwise great book.  Others have commented on the poor index.  Again, this is the fault of the publisher.  Magic Lantern should be embarrassed to have done such a poor job in the editing and indexing department.  They owe the author much more than an apology.  In fact, in my opinion the author should look for a new publisher.  He's much better than they are.  I also agree with the comments of the other reviewers that the pictures should be in color.  As far as the content is concerned, the book is fantastic.  It is informative, helpful, and complete.  The writing style would be easy to follow if it did not have so many errors.  If you own the D80, this book will give you more information about how to use it.  It is an excellent supplement to the manual.  However, I would wait for the 2nd printing before buying it and hope that the errors will be corrected.  Another good option would be the "Nikon D80 Digital Field Guide" by David Busch.  It's in the same price range, is well written, has color pictures, and has been better edited.
61455
This is one beautifully produced cookbook, with amazing pictures of the author's delicious dishes. The one thing I wish the publishers and the author took more seriously before publishing it is the editing. They should have hired a fastidious editor to proofread the informational text, and especially the recipes. Some of the recipes I've encountered are problematic, like the Citrus Pork Dish: The instructions called to add wine with the pork in the end but wine is not part of the ingredients for the dish! Moreover, there are many misspelled words and grammatical errors in the text that, to me, can be distracting.
1137247
The content is, of course, excellent, and deserves 5 stars.  The editing, however, is shoddy and annoying.  It's a pity Fitch couldn't see a professional copy of his classic work before he died.
There are misspelled words: "ideed" vs. "indeed," p 13; "pressence" vs. "presence," p 55;  "centure" vs. "century," p247; "Sienna" vs. "Siena," p 329, and others).  Wrong dates are given: "...completely reconstructed to an assumed date of 1976" vs. 1776, p 275.  Different information is given regarding the same process: ("flourescent dyes had to be added," p 338 vs. "had to be stamped with a metal die," p 342).  LeMoyne is referred to as "LeMoyne" and as "Lemoyne," pp 17 & 18; Anne Cunningham is referred to as both "Anne" and "Ann," pp ix, x, 89, 90.  Comma and semicolon use is weak, the use of italics with foreign words is inconsistent.
2860466
The information in this book is awesome. I have learned a lot about the "behind the scenes" decision makers. It even ends with how to take some action to help change the negative direction we are going toward. The only reason I didn't give it more stars is because the editing is very poor and sometimes the sentence is difficult to understand. But the material is really great and well documented.