Review: A Rant not a Review
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2011
The other reviewers said nice things about this book. They were true, it is an enjoyable book. But I have a pet peeve about the formatting and editing of ebooks. An ebook is not worth the price if if it is not edited and/or formatted correctly.Now I realize that writing a book is hard work, taking a great deal of time and effort. And everybody makes mistakes. And you don't always catch your own mistakes. And that's why any book that is being written to be sold to the public needs to be professionally edited. The best books can be ruined by fairly small errors.Here is what I found in Vampire Dreams. Bill Briggs is introduced in the book as the local Chief of Police. It is mentioned in passing that the Sheriff' Office has a larger budget. Then in one chapter later in the book he is called the Sheriff. Then he returns to his title as Chief of Police. A large error? Not really, but very irritating. And a very easy fix if the book had been properly proofread.At another point in the book it is noted that a vampire is very afraid to go into a walk-in freezer because the vampires are susceptible to freezing solid at low temperatures. Later in the book a vampire is described as sleeping comfortably at 22F. Another fault easily cured by good proofreading.A great many ebooks suffer from these faults to a much greater extent than this particular book. So why did I pick this book to point out these faults in? Because it is a good book and because it is worth reading. It deserved better treatment than I think it got. It deserves care it did not get. By all means, read the book but be aware it could have been made better with effort it should have received but did not.