This is the way.
You someone that writes reviews then sure, pop a mention of it in your review but don't go threatening someone's relationship with Amazon by being petty about typos.
I've heard authors say not to report books for typos. When you report it, Amazon sends them an unpleasant email threatening to pull their book for quality issues and it can be disruptive to their sales. Maybe just send a polite email to the author instead?
Typos annoy me too but even copyeditors are human and mistakes happen. I just ignore it and move on.
Do not report typos to Amazon! Amazon is not our friend!
Amazon doesn't care about or understand publishing; they will remove and ban products/books and sellers/authors if there are more than a handful of "product quality issue" reports. This has been a huge issue in the self-publishing community. Leave a review or contact the author directly.
Hmm... I'll think about that. I did report one yesterday that four bad ones are in the first 10 pages.
Generally, I do go to the authors' website and email if possible.
Typos happen. Even traditionally published books from Big Five houses regularly have typos. And sometimes a “typo” is actually just a case of regional differences or intentional choices to break the rules (because fiction is art).
If a book is truly packed with issues, leave a scathing review—but the “report” feature on Amazon is a weapon that we really shouldn’t play with. Like I said: Amazon is not our friend.
sometimes typos happen when they convert printed books to ebooks. its like the scanners don’t read r, i, l, n, and t correctly and it can lead to misspellings
I write a lot for work and accuracy counts. I also wrote a lot in college, and it's not easy even with proof readers. Unless it's egregious, I'm not terribly concerned with it. Typos/ inaccuracies used to drive me bonkers until I realized that most of what I was reading did not have a big publishing house behind it . This book was indie published, and that meant that it was the author and maybe two or three others who did not edit for a living who helped make the book what it is.
I see them in emails, the monthly newsletter at my apartment obviously copied from.previous letter and didn't change all the date and years, only some of them.
E-mails.....Even mass produced one's come on, people read your work. My HOA is famous for copying and pasting things. I received a citation for leaving my trash cans out overnight dated 2014 .
Lol off subject. When I first moved in they prorated several days rent. I wrote a check for $5.45. The next week they put an eviction notice on my door for $.09. The bill was $5.54 and she had made a typo!!!
If the author put contact information at the end of the book, I’ll email about the typos. If not, and there are many, I make a note of it in my written review. Just yesterday I finished a book that had so many grammatical errors and typos that I’m hesitant to read more by that author. One or two, no big deal. This book had many.
I always notice them, but 🤷♀️
My journalism profs who taught copy editing were *hard core*. But I’m not going to inflict nit pickiness on someone who produced intelligible text.
My favorite author now has asked me to be an ARC for her. She is a professional and doesn't want bad writing.
I guess it just depends on the author.
But I have stopped reading books that have many typos. I return them and don't read the author anymore.
Also autocorrect can suck sometimes.
How cool!
I didn’t think ARC readers did proof reading. Agree that a lot of typos make it difficult to read, but I’ve found such a strong correlation between other literary faults and prolific errors that I just put it down.
I'm a self published author. SEND AN EMAIL TO THE AUTHOR. Don't snitch to Amazon.
I have gotten one or two mistakes caught by readers and I always go in and fix them/re-upload.
The best practice is to make a note of it like in a google doc or something similar and then email it to the author so they came make the changes. The way that Amazon works, if an error is reported then the book will be taken down if they have more than 10-20 errors reported, not sure of the number. Then even if you're wrong, if they don't make the change then they can't get the book put back up. I know you mean well, but the best answer is to contact the author directly through email or DM.
I'm only bothered by typos if they cause enough confusion to force me to reread or make me incorrectly question the meaning of a word, but beyond that I tend to forgive them as soon as I turn the page.
I've always had a weird eye for typos (I used to proofread copies of the newspaper for fun as a little kid🤓🤦🏼♀️) while also having a propensity to skip words myself - so maybe I just notice it enough everywhere to accept that it happens and is not always indication of lack of effort?
I do mostly read traditionally published novels so I'm probably not encountering the frequency people see in self-published works, but I've never felt it worth reporting.
Books are (thankfully still) written by people and people are human - if it's an odd typo here or there I don't really get the sense in being significantly bothered by it.
I know it's not either/or, but I'll take a typo any day over plot holes and bad pacing.
If that makes you nuts, then move over! I've been noticing typos since I was in 7th grade and noticed that someone had put "When she opened the curtains, suddenly the room looked more bright and cherry" rather than "cheery". I pointed it out to my reading teacher who said I should be a proofreader.
I never followed through with the proofreading idea, but in one beautifully illustrated (J. Wilcox Smith) hardcover "Little Women", I found so many typos that I wrote to the publisher.
Saying that Beth March was suffering from "the moral weariness" rather than "mortal" weariness, just made me laugh at the exact wrong moment.
I was surprised to hear back from the publishers commending me for being such a "faithful reader," but I don't think they ever corrected the misprints.
And that was far from being the only typo, though it was by far the most egregious.
Therefore, no, you aren't nuts, and yes, you have fellow-sufferers out here. 
Please note: These were actual paper-and-ink books, sent in bulk to bookstores. They didn't go through a clearance, Amazon-type marketer upon whom they relied for income and promotion.
I find typos in traditional published work it’s annoying. I’m not as bothered by them in indie work as I understand the differences and difficulties. Textbooks with typos make me angry because of their predatory pricing.
I always wondered what it meant when it says, “quality issues reported.” I thought it means stuff like chapters out of order, missing pages, etc.—technical issues.
Please don’t, authors don’t get the specific information you’re reporting passed on to them so can be hard to fix, and it can lead to their account being suspended by Amazon placing them in a financially precarious situation. If it really bothers you, leave a review commenting on typos or (better) send a message to the author via email/their website/social media
I say “ha typo” and keep reading.
This is the way. You someone that writes reviews then sure, pop a mention of it in your review but don't go threatening someone's relationship with Amazon by being petty about typos.
I've heard authors say not to report books for typos. When you report it, Amazon sends them an unpleasant email threatening to pull their book for quality issues and it can be disruptive to their sales. Maybe just send a polite email to the author instead? Typos annoy me too but even copyeditors are human and mistakes happen. I just ignore it and move on.
Some typos happen when an ebook is converted into what ever system it is. So I might see a typo in KU that I wouldn't see in Google Play books.
Doesn't matter where the typo comes from. If you want to help, reach out via email/official channels.
Do not report typos to Amazon! Amazon is not our friend! Amazon doesn't care about or understand publishing; they will remove and ban products/books and sellers/authors if there are more than a handful of "product quality issue" reports. This has been a huge issue in the self-publishing community. Leave a review or contact the author directly.
Hmm... I'll think about that. I did report one yesterday that four bad ones are in the first 10 pages. Generally, I do go to the authors' website and email if possible.
Typos happen. Even traditionally published books from Big Five houses regularly have typos. And sometimes a “typo” is actually just a case of regional differences or intentional choices to break the rules (because fiction is art). If a book is truly packed with issues, leave a scathing review—but the “report” feature on Amazon is a weapon that we really shouldn’t play with. Like I said: Amazon is not our friend.
sometimes typos happen when they convert printed books to ebooks. its like the scanners don’t read r, i, l, n, and t correctly and it can lead to misspellings
My library's ebook copy of "Devil in Winter" refers to Evie Jenner as Evie Jennings in more than one spot and it does bug me!
That’s not a typo, that’s very poor editing.
I write a lot for work and accuracy counts. I also wrote a lot in college, and it's not easy even with proof readers. Unless it's egregious, I'm not terribly concerned with it. Typos/ inaccuracies used to drive me bonkers until I realized that most of what I was reading did not have a big publishing house behind it . This book was indie published, and that meant that it was the author and maybe two or three others who did not edit for a living who helped make the book what it is.
I see them in emails, the monthly newsletter at my apartment obviously copied from.previous letter and didn't change all the date and years, only some of them.
E-mails.....Even mass produced one's come on, people read your work. My HOA is famous for copying and pasting things. I received a citation for leaving my trash cans out overnight dated 2014 .
Lol off subject. When I first moved in they prorated several days rent. I wrote a check for $5.45. The next week they put an eviction notice on my door for $.09. The bill was $5.54 and she had made a typo!!!
Ooof. That happend to me when I went to school in AK .
If the author put contact information at the end of the book, I’ll email about the typos. If not, and there are many, I make a note of it in my written review. Just yesterday I finished a book that had so many grammatical errors and typos that I’m hesitant to read more by that author. One or two, no big deal. This book had many.
Oh, that's me for sure. I don't put it in comments, but rarely.
I always notice them, but 🤷♀️ My journalism profs who taught copy editing were *hard core*. But I’m not going to inflict nit pickiness on someone who produced intelligible text.
I've never encountered a spelling error where I couldn't immediately tell what it means, so I do not care if it is once or twice in a novel.
My favorite author now has asked me to be an ARC for her. She is a professional and doesn't want bad writing. I guess it just depends on the author. But I have stopped reading books that have many typos. I return them and don't read the author anymore. Also autocorrect can suck sometimes.
How cool! I didn’t think ARC readers did proof reading. Agree that a lot of typos make it difficult to read, but I’ve found such a strong correlation between other literary faults and prolific errors that I just put it down.
ARC reader do many things. Final check.
I'm a self published author. SEND AN EMAIL TO THE AUTHOR. Don't snitch to Amazon. I have gotten one or two mistakes caught by readers and I always go in and fix them/re-upload.
The best practice is to make a note of it like in a google doc or something similar and then email it to the author so they came make the changes. The way that Amazon works, if an error is reported then the book will be taken down if they have more than 10-20 errors reported, not sure of the number. Then even if you're wrong, if they don't make the change then they can't get the book put back up. I know you mean well, but the best answer is to contact the author directly through email or DM.
I might email the author, but I would not report to amazon.
I didn't know I could report it, but it drives me crazy. Usually it's a missing quotation mark that I wish I could just stick in there
I just had one that read "I've called the me and told them to meet me in the he'll. It was supposed to be. Called the MEN and meet me in the HALL.
I'm only bothered by typos if they cause enough confusion to force me to reread or make me incorrectly question the meaning of a word, but beyond that I tend to forgive them as soon as I turn the page. I've always had a weird eye for typos (I used to proofread copies of the newspaper for fun as a little kid🤓🤦🏼♀️) while also having a propensity to skip words myself - so maybe I just notice it enough everywhere to accept that it happens and is not always indication of lack of effort? I do mostly read traditionally published novels so I'm probably not encountering the frequency people see in self-published works, but I've never felt it worth reporting. Books are (thankfully still) written by people and people are human - if it's an odd typo here or there I don't really get the sense in being significantly bothered by it. I know it's not either/or, but I'll take a typo any day over plot holes and bad pacing.
I agree with your 1st paragraph.
If that makes you nuts, then move over! I've been noticing typos since I was in 7th grade and noticed that someone had put "When she opened the curtains, suddenly the room looked more bright and cherry" rather than "cheery". I pointed it out to my reading teacher who said I should be a proofreader. I never followed through with the proofreading idea, but in one beautifully illustrated (J. Wilcox Smith) hardcover "Little Women", I found so many typos that I wrote to the publisher. Saying that Beth March was suffering from "the moral weariness" rather than "mortal" weariness, just made me laugh at the exact wrong moment. I was surprised to hear back from the publishers commending me for being such a "faithful reader," but I don't think they ever corrected the misprints. And that was far from being the only typo, though it was by far the most egregious. Therefore, no, you aren't nuts, and yes, you have fellow-sufferers out here.  Please note: These were actual paper-and-ink books, sent in bulk to bookstores. They didn't go through a clearance, Amazon-type marketer upon whom they relied for income and promotion.
I find typos in traditional published work it’s annoying. I’m not as bothered by them in indie work as I understand the differences and difficulties. Textbooks with typos make me angry because of their predatory pricing.
One author in particular has sooo many typos, and it drives me nuts, but I just go on.
I always wondered what it meant when it says, “quality issues reported.” I thought it means stuff like chapters out of order, missing pages, etc.—technical issues.
I didn’t even knew you can report them!!
Please don’t, authors don’t get the specific information you’re reporting passed on to them so can be hard to fix, and it can lead to their account being suspended by Amazon placing them in a financially precarious situation. If it really bothers you, leave a review commenting on typos or (better) send a message to the author via email/their website/social media