During the past couple of weeks I have begun receiving emails from readers and - more embarrassingly - from contest coordinators who have discovered printing flaws with regard to my latest release, LIBERTY. In either the mid-300s or early-400s (page numbers, not years AD!), several pages are duplicated, and several other pages are omitted. To date, of the original 47 copies I mailed to contest coordinators, 13 copies have been flawed! And that's with only half of the contest coordinators reporting back to me.
So, word to the wise, check every copy before sending them out the door, whether you think your book has experienced this problem or not! After much practice, I have discovered that simply fanning the pages and keeping an eye on the numerical progression is sufficient for catching this error. This came in especially handy earlier today, when checking the replacement cartons of complimentary copies Harlequin had sent me. Fortunately they had sent me 2 cases, because one entire case contained nothing but flawed copies . . . on the bright side, that's 24 bad copies that won't be finding their way to readers.
For any fans reading this post, I am pleased to report that Harlequin has been most responsive with regard to mailing replacement copies, and their customer service department can be contacted by emailing customer_ecare@harlequin.ca.
May all your books be correctly printed!
Kim
So, word to the wise, check every copy before sending them out the door, whether you think your book has experienced this problem or not! After much practice, I have discovered that simply fanning the pages and keeping an eye on the numerical progression is sufficient for catching this error. This came in especially handy earlier today, when checking the replacement cartons of complimentary copies Harlequin had sent me. Fortunately they had sent me 2 cases, because one entire case contained nothing but flawed copies . . . on the bright side, that's 24 bad copies that won't be finding their way to readers.
For any fans reading this post, I am pleased to report that Harlequin has been most responsive with regard to mailing replacement copies, and their customer service department can be contacted by emailing customer_ecare@harlequin.ca.
May all your books be correctly printed!
Kim
