Little Misprint In Romantic Times

aliajohnson · Nov 21, 2011

Seems there’s a lovely review of An Unacceptable Gentleman (release date listed as January 2012) in the newest issue of RT Book Reviews. I love RT, and normally I’d say, “YAY!” Unfortunately, my book is titled An Unexpected Gentleman and its release date is December 6th.

I swear I’m a magnet for this stuff. Anyone remember when my debut was printed with pages missing from the epilogue? Did I ever mention here how one of those faulty copies was used for a translation? Seriously. The pages went missing in not one, but two languages. That was awesome.

And for weeks after its release, all e-copies of Nearly a Lady downloaded with the title The Square Root of Murder. To this day, I’m not clear on why that happened.

Anyway—An RT misprint is hardly akin to missing pages, but I could still use some help getting the word out to anyone who’s a subscriber. If you know one, could you pass the correct info along? Pretty, pretty please? :Hug2:

Also, I wouldn’t mind hearing some similar WTH stories from other writers. I KNOW I’m not the only person who has weird stuff happen.

Please share. My misery needs company. :poke:

jennontheisland · Nov 21, 2011

Dude. First thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was your missing pages. I'm sorry, but I laughed.

Since this is the third in your wierd string of publishing oddities, I hope it's the last. :Hug2:

aliajohnson · Nov 21, 2011

jennontheisland said:
Dude. First thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was your missing pages. I'm sorry, but I laughed.

Since this is the third in your wierd string of publishing oddities, I hope it's the last.

Thanks!

Sadly, I think it's at least four. The cover flats of Nearly A Lady have a big safety pin on the front. Very Regency. The pin was removed for the actual books, but still. . .those flats are out there.

Don't apologize for laughing. I guarantee I've laughed harder. What else can ya do?

Ann_Mayburn · Nov 21, 2011

Oh man, that sucks! At least they got your name right and hopefully people will google that instead of the book title. You're so right, this is a laugh or cry situation.

aliajohnson · Nov 21, 2011

Ann_Mayburn said:
Oh man, that sucks! At least they got your name right and hopefully people will google that instead of the book title. You're so right, this is a laugh or cry situation.

Thanks, Ann! I am grateful about the name. I see "Alyssa Johnson" quite a bit.

Alessandra Kelley · Nov 21, 2011

Awww, man, that's got to be wearing. I'm glad you can laugh, but I hope things get better. :Hug2:

(My names get messed up a lot too -- condolences)

Becky Black · Nov 22, 2011

Of course, now you're just going to have to write one called An Unacceptable Gentleman, so at least if people search for that they'll find a book by you and might get via that to An Unexpected Gentleman too.

Dee Carney · Nov 22, 2011

I have one audiobook. Just one. I'm so proud of my little audiobook. Too bad if you search for it at audible.com, you have to search for "Carney Dee" instead of "Dee Carney". And believe it or not, it matters what order you put the words in.

*sigh*

So sorry about your mishaps. They truly suck.

dolores haze · Nov 22, 2011

Well done on keeping a good sense of humor about all these errors, Alia.
Surely your run of bad luck has to be over now?

amrose · Nov 22, 2011

Lame

After all the hard work there's just stuff you can never control.

Frustrating.

aliajohnson · Nov 22, 2011

Alessandra Kelley said:
Awww, man, that's got to be wearing. I'm glad you can laugh, but I hope things get better.

(My names get messed up a lot too -- condolences)

Thanks, Alessandra. Oh, yeah, I bet the letter X pops up in your name all the time. I'm so sorry.

Becky Black said:
Of course, now you're just going to have to write one called An Unacceptable Gentleman, so at least if people search for that they'll find a book by you and might get via that to An Unexpected Gentleman too.

LOL There's an idea.

Dee Carney said:
I have one audiobook. Just one. I'm so proud of my little audiobook. Too bad if you search for it at audible.com, you have to search for "Carney Dee" instead of "Dee Carney". And believe it or not, it matters what order you put the words in.

That sounds. . .crazy frustrating. I am so sorry. But not nearly as sorry as I probably should be because I like hearing that I'm not alone.

dolores haze said:
Well done on keeping a good sense of humor about all these errors, Alia.
Surely your run of bad luck has to be over now?

Thanks!

Oh, I hope so.

amrose said:
Lame

After all the hard work there's just stuff you can never control.

Frustrating.

Exactly.

Kasey Mackenzie · Nov 22, 2011

On the one hand, I understand how frustrating that must be; on the other hand, I can't help but thinking you might get more promotion and thus, more sales, out of this situation. Here's to lots of sales!

aliajohnson · Nov 22, 2011

Kasey Mackenzie said:
On the one hand, I understand how frustrating that must be; on the other hand, I can't help but thinking you might get more promotion and thus, more sales, out of this situation. Here's to lots of sales!

Yes, please! I'd be more than happy to find that silver lining.

Becky Black · Nov 22, 2011

aliajohnson said:
Yes, please! I'd be more than happy to find that silver lining.

A mistake worked to advantage for Christina Dodd and her three-armed heroine after all.

On the other hand

DeleyanLee · Nov 22, 2011

Hon, when they reviewed my book in 1999, they contributed it to a totally different AUTHOR. Count yourself fortunate.

My respect for RT never recovered.

aliajohnson · Nov 22, 2011

Becky Black said:
A mistake worked to advantage for Christina Dodd and her three-armed heroine after all.

One of the greatest covers of All Time!

DeleyanLee said:
Hon, when they reviewed my book in 1999, they contributed it to a totally different AUTHOR.

You win. Hands down.

And a happy update -- RT reached out with a lovely email and has already corrected the website.

DeleyanLee · Nov 22, 2011

Becky Black said:
A mistake worked to advantage for Christina Dodd and her three-armed heroine after all.

On the other hand

I heard rumors that the artist had a nervous breakdown shortly after that painting. No idea if it was related or not.

Soccer Mom · Nov 22, 2011

Great googly moogly! The first thing I thought when I saw the thread title was "not again." I don't know what you can do except laugh about it.

I recently had one of those moments. When all my books were re-released by my new publisher, there was one small typo that went out. The cover page. Yep. While we carefully proofed the galleys, we all overlooked a glaring error in the TITLE on the FIRST page. Doh! The "Mad Hatterlys series" read the "Mad Hetterlys series".

It's fixed now, thank goodness.

elindsen · Nov 22, 2011

Alissa, I feel for you. Though not as wildly known or read, my VERY FIRST publication was printed wrong. The horror story was called NIGHT OF THE DOLL. When the publisher did their thing they named it NIGHT OF THE DOLLS. I know, just an S right? Wrong. I've had people contact me that the story is good but only has one murderous doll instead of multiples like the title promised. Hopefully the only bad luck I will ever have in that deparment but not likely.

Great to hear they fixed it!

aliajohnson · Nov 22, 2011

See!? Knew I wasn't the only one. Do we have a gleeful hand-rubbing smilie? 'Cause we need one.

Marguerite--I'm glad the error was caught and fixed, though not as glad as you, I'm sure. Also, your use of the phrase "Great googly moogly" has made my day.

Erika--

One letter is not just One Letter when it's in the title. Yikes

JustJas · Nov 24, 2011

I'm sorry to hear about your bad luck, you really do seem to be a magnet for this stuff..... but thank you for the chuckle I got out of it.... The Square Root of Murder and a giant safety pin????? hahahahaha

Little Misprint In Romantic Times

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jennontheisland

the world is at my command

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Ann_Mayburn

Smutty McTitters

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Alessandra Kelley

Sophipygian

Becky Black

Writing my way off the B Ark

Dee Carney

Bringing sexy back

dolores haze

international guttersnipe

amrose

is Envy Augustine

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Kasey Mackenzie

One Hit Wonder?

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Becky Black

Writing my way off the B Ark

DeleyanLee

Writing Anarchist

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Crypto-fascist

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Zombie lovin'

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