Meryl's Notes Blog

It’s no surprise we’re hearing a lot about Fact-Checking thanks to the book making big news (I need not name it and its author). I hope those college textbook fact-checkers get paid well because those aren’t easy topics to verify.

For some publishers, it’s not financially feasible to hire fact checkers and these publishers have no plans to hire them after the flap. After all, most books don’t sell enough copies. Think about how many books are released each day from the hundreds of publishers and how many make the top lists.

How often has a scandal like this happened? Not much. While librarians do catch errors, many authors post erratas on their Web sites and that’s a plus for publishing a book today. You can instantly post a correction.

On the flip side, how does the book flap affect Oprah’s Book Club? One thing is for sure, authors are going continue clamoring to get on Oprah in spite of the situation.

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