Review: I AM NOT A BETA READER
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2013
This book is so full of typos, grammatical errors, inconsistent sentences, and badly needs editing. It is not my job to be a beta reader. There were so many typos I gave up reporting them to amazon. The author wants his book read but doesn't respect his readers enough to present a work that is faultless in regard to the aforementioned. Why should anyone bother to read?Because this is good storytelling.This book should be a trilogy. Almost the first half of the book, which seems to have received the most care, should have been published as Part 1, with all corrections made. Presentation is everything.More care should have been given, really, reread, rewrite. Stop using the same phrases over again, it becomes redundant and boring. Be aware of the timeline, what you have already written and don't contradict the storyline. I ploughed through because this book was free, but mostly because the story is good, if the first book was presented clean and priced at .99 cents it has potential for people to take a chance and read. Getting feedback on one part before you make the rest available would no doubt be of help.I gave this book one star because the other reviews are just glowing and five stars in no way reflects this book. If it had been clean, and an attempt at presentation had been made, I would have given at least Part 1 three stars.So stop all this:A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:I'm always striving to improve my product; and to enhance your experience as my customers. To that end; if anyone who downloads The Lostkind discovers a typo; or a mistake; then I invite you to tell me about it immediately on Twitter (@stephensmat) so that I can update the manuscript. In return; the first person to find each typo will be given my personal thanks in the book acknowledgements.You know you have to produce a proper product and don't price it at $4.99 by any means. Take baby steps and you just might putout something people will enjoy reading without putting to much effort into it.