Have you ever read a book that is simply so wrong?

Yep, it happened to me very often, in particular with translated books. There was one where a couple of paragraphs were simply left untranslated. Seriously, nobody has bothered to have one final look at that book before sending it to print? No spell check, no proofreader after the translation, no editor or corrector for the final layout? Another book I just finished says that the ancient Romans wanted to conquer a region because of its rich oil resources. Yeah, because those ancient Romans needed all the oil they could get their hands on to power their engines and their airplanes. (Ok, I'm a bit mean now - the book was actually well researched and well translated, there was just this one mistake, but still, funny).

Your question reminded me of a book I bought at my sons middle school. The biography of Hank Williams. Not the best reading for children. Ewww!

Oh yes. There's one book I had to read for reference while proofing something for another person and I was astounded at the errors in the book. The grammar was all over the place, there were numerous spelling mistakes and not a few factual errors. The best part of all? This book was written supposedly by a "master of the English language." I suspect they published the books only because the person writing was a white woman (not meaning to be racist, just that some of the people in my country have this perception that everything that comes from white people = awesome and no correction needed).

I have read books that haven't been translated properly. In one case they translated most of book, but they forgot some of the captions. The original version of the book was English so I was able to understand the book anyway, but I couldn't help wondering why didn't didn't proofread the book before it was published. I have also read books that were translated the wrong way. Sometimes it was very easy to guess the original expression, because the person who translated the book simply translated it word for word instead of translating the expression.

Wow. I've read poorly-written books, but never any books that haven't been proofread. I've seen spelling errors in books before, but it's usually just one or two words in the whole book, which is still fine (though of course I'd prefer it if the errors weren't there at all). I have seen a spelling error in a book title once, though. Misspelled "Unchained" as "Unchaned", I think. One letter short. I thought it was hilarious, them failing at proofreading the most visible part of the book. But most of the time, the books I dislike are because of their writing style. Like books with covers and descriptions that make them look like they're meant for older readers (and by "older readers" I mean "young adults"), but turn out to be written in a style more suitable for children's books.

yes! I do once had experienced those books. And those where our school books when I was still in elementary and high school. Although they change it the next year. hehehehehe

I remember when I bought Gullivers Travels, I tried so hard to read it properly, but it was the unedited 1700's version, so it it used all the wonky language from that time. It was tough to read, and though I thought there were many errors, it was just the way things were written then, and for some people they want "exact" copies, rather then ones that have been edited better. Many books get edited many times, and still have one or two or three typographical errors, doesn't make much sense to me though. I have more problems with continuity errors in books...that is, when they say something in chapter 1 a certain way, and it chapter 12 it is said differently...but they are referring to the same event, from the same viewpoint. Nothing when people get involved is ever perfect, we are prone to making mistakes again and again and again and again and again...luckily we have the ability to adapt to this weakness. Sincerely and With Appreciation...A perfect world would be quite boring in my opinion.

yeah,there are many books published by underground factory which just want to earn money.these books are often difficult to understand because so many errors in it. so, we right way is ,that advocating authorized books,resisting pirate books,then let underground factory no room to stand .