“I am also amazed no one reamed you in the reviews.”

I can handle criticism and I appreciate knowing when I’ve made a mistake, but the statement above was so far over the top that I honestly did not know how to respond. Perhaps I should have deleted the message, fixed the mistakes and moved on. Instead I chose to make it public, thinking that it might have even been a practical joke. That’s just not the way you report minor typographical errors.

I sent a nice “thank you” reply similar to what Paul Erickson suggested above and still haven’t heard back.

At first, I thought Mr. Incredulous above was the original sender, but he obviously didn’t understand that the errors were on the promo site and not in the book. Honestly, even if the errors were in the book, I wouldn’t be horribly offended. I’ve learned though that some people would have been and that’s a lesson I’ll take to heart. I really do know the rules of grammar, how to spell, and the correct punctuation of “it’s”, but I communicate so often, so quickly, and so haphazardly online that Im bund too mayke missteaks. ;) Not that it’s right…

To those of you who’ve chimed in with suggestions, encouragement, or bizarre pictorial references to Karate Kid, thank you!

That’s just good business.

“It’s” and “its” have entirely different meanings; people are generally taught this in grade 5 primary school where I come from. I certainly don’t expect to find a child-like error like that in a book written by an adult that I’ve paid good money for. Spelling errors reflect very badly on you whether you like it or not; they make you look stupid.

You need to thank this person for pointing it out, and GIVE them a copy of your book. Then you should have a quiet chat with Sitepoint’s editors and demand that they lift their game.

“… ignore the attitude..” What attitude?? Someone has pointed out errors WHICH SHOULD NOT OCCUR with a proper and rigorous editing process, and has done so in a most courteous manner. Your response is to throw it back in their face by reproducing it here and calling it “asinine” and “hypercritical”. Two errors are “hypercritical”? And pointing them out is “asinine”??

Congratulations, you just lost another customer (and by word of mouth, probably a few more: “wow, take a look at this!!”) because of YOUR attitude to what should have been a simple and innocuous thing such as “Oh gee, thanks for letting me know, I’ll fix that right away.”

And incidentally, regarding the book’s website: I fail to see the point of popup text that pops up over the top of other text so that neither can be read. That’s what happens when you click one of those nav items and then roll over them. I have javascript turned on, but clicking a nav link seems to turn it off or something because a link appears telling me to turn the fun back on. I never turned it off! I came here to contact you to tell you that, then saw your total lack of grace in dealing with someone who was trying to offer the help that Sitepoint’s editors should have.