Editing Blind

When copy editors attack
Cliffs can never be too careful. Danger lurks everywhere.
Photo credit: @hodgman

Cliffs can never be too careful. Danger lurks everywhere.

Photo credit: @hodgman

I always suspected the Abominable Snowman of violence, but Pooh Bear? Oh, the shame.

I always suspected the Abominable Snowman of violence, but Pooh Bear? Oh, the shame.

Lesson #1 for newspaper copy editors: Read every headline as though it could be dirty, then adjust as necessary.

Lesson #1 for newspaper copy editors: Read every headline as though it could be dirty, then adjust as necessary.

War and Peace ebook readers find a surprise in its Nooks | Books | guardian.co.uk

Bwah! Perfect example of why search & replace in the wrong hands is a dangerous thing.

11 months ago
Perhaps they should have hired a teen to proofread this first …  (via Bart King)

Perhaps they should have hired a teen to proofread this first …  (via Bart King)

Perhaps someone should have read the entire sign before posting it.

Perhaps someone should have read the entire sign before posting it.


I can’t tell if the logo on this book cover was a really bad decision or a good one, but the mice look appalled. twitpic.com/95l6x4
— Kell Andrews (@kellandrewsPA) April 4, 2012
Survey says: Bad decision.
Also, someone actually thought it was a good idea to stick the logo there?

Survey says: Bad decision.

Also, someone actually thought it was a good idea to stick the logo there?

Reason #732 Why the world needs copy editors. via @thejeanmartha

Reason #732 Why the world needs copy editors. via @thejeanmartha

Perhaps one of the best corrections in the New York Times, ever.

Perhaps one of the best corrections in the New York Times, ever.