Comments on: A Million Miles and a Dozen or so Type-O’s

By: Patti

Patti — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:44:04 +0000

Someone mentioned that Hemingway only has one ‘m’, right?
page 98.
Maybe you were thinking of Sally HemMings?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 00:47:47 +0000

not sure if this one has been spotted yet-
“We rode through cities, though Dallas and Little Rock and…” p238

I love the book! Blue Like Jazz has been my all time favorite read for years, but I’m about to finish this one, and I think it may like it even better!

By: Meg Calagui

Meg Calagui — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 09:39:44 +0000

Boy, I’m glad I wasn’t just being too dorky seeing those type-o’s

The fact remains: the book is just awesome!

By: Ryan Smith

Ryan Smith — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:52:08 +0000

Not sure if someone mentioned it already, but I saw a typo on page 197, at the bottom. It says inderstood instead of understood.

By: Bob Havey

Bob Havey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:03:49 +0000

Hey Don. Mistakes always stand out – unfortunately.

I was in the newspaper biz for most of my life and I got phone calls all the time letting me know the latest edition was wrought with typos. In the interest of meeting a deadline, which is crucial for a daily publication, typos are the norm. They shouldn’t be for books.

I’ve just done a rewrite of a 361 page book for a client and I’m now on my final (3rd) edit. I’ll guarantee I’ll find multiple errors and, despite my best efforts, I’ll undoubtedly miss some.

If the book is published, I’m sure my client will welcome any criticism for the sheer joy of making it into print, but errors aggravate me – especially when they’re my own.

I read the ARC of this book. It was horrendous! I emailed my contact at Thomas Nelson and told them that I had written a review, as I had told them I would, but would not be sending it to them because I was sure the ARC didn’t do the book justice.

Why would they send out such an unrefined product as a review copy? I don’t get it.

I received the finished product a few weeks back but, due to my schedule; I’ve only read four chapters . I did find several errors but, obviously, you already know of the editing problems – thus this spot on your Blog exists.

Don’t let the negatives get you down, Don. They’ll always be out there. Keep writing – and tell Thomas Nelson to hire some new editors.

Love your work.

By: MN

MN — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:31:58 +0000

Thanks for setting this up. Most of the errors I saw have already been commented on in earlier posts. Here are a few more that I didn’t see posted yet:

p. 184 – midthirties – should be mid-thirties or mid thirties
p. 247 – this is more a typesetting issue, but it looks like “let me help” at the top of the page is a slightly smaller font size, or perhaps a different font, than the rest of the printing
p. 253 – Prison Entrepeneururship – should be Entrepreneurship

Great book!

By: Mallory Rose

Mallory Rose — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:25:34 +0000

That was unnecessarily harsh. The truth is “A Million Miles in a Thousand Years” was amazing. I personally loved the book. I also loved “Blue Like Jazz” and “Searching for God Knows What”. Keep them coming.

By: Mallory Rose

Mallory Rose — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:19:51 +0000

Page 98 -“Steven King calls the television ‘the glass teat,’ and I was suckling on it for all its sugar.” I am assuming “the glass teat” was taken from page 143 of “On Writing”. It’s Stephen King.

(You just moved places on my list of favorite authors; you are now below Stephen King.)

By: Mo

Mo — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:03:11 +0000

Dear Donald,
Sorry to be the contrarian but I think the majority of blame for the unusually high number of errors in this book falls squarely on that of your publisher (and editors). Maybe if Mike Hyatt spent less time twittering his every thought and more time concerned with the quality of his company’s products, scenarios like this would be less common. It’s kinda embarrassing.

By: Thomas

Thomas — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:10:01 +0000

p. 237: third line from the bottom: Kampala who Bob, should be “whom”

p. 175: But I’d like to hear aboout it, Don. Should be enclosed in “”

p. 173, line 8 should read “client’s” (or clients’) not clients.

Fantastic read! Met you in Fremont, CA. The book definitely lives up to the preview you gave that night! No more worries for me about Christmas gifts now!