La Vita Dorka

Errors

by John Kovalic



LIVIN' LA VIDA DORKA has been in some stores for a week now, and there are two goofs that have come to light.

The first is just a minor typo. In EVERY copy of the book, Page 94 is listed as Page 118. This does NOT affect the contents of the book at all. The comic that is supposed to be on page 94 is still there, and differs from the comic that runs on the *actual* page 118 itself.

This will be corrected in the second printing, but again, this is just a typo with the page number. All cartoons are present, accounted for and in the right order.

However...

Reports are reaching us of a major printing error that seems to be in about 10% - 15% of the books in some batches that were sent to some distributors directly from the printers.

Books are printed in batches of 32 pages, also known as "signatures."

It appears that, in some copies of LIVIN' LA VIDA DORKA, the fourth signature (pages 97-128) is missing, and instead the third signature (pages 65-96) is repeated in its place.

The easy way to spot the BAD copies is to turn to what should be page *97*. A full-page Interactive Week cartoon is SUPPOSED to appear on this page. IF this page instead says Page 65, and has two small four-panel cartoons on it, you have a defective copy.

We're working closely with the printers, who are usually very reliable, and all copies with misprints will obviously be replaced. It's probably easiest for consumers to do this through the retailer who they bought the copy from, and retailers to do this through their distributors, who we will then resupply.

Again:

  • DON'T check to see if 94 says Page 118. They ALL do. This is just a silly typo that does not affect contents of book at all. Do NOT use this page to check to see if it's one of the misprinted copies.

  • DO check to see if pages 97 through 128 are missing, and pages 65 through 96 are repeated in their place. This means it's a fatal misprint, and the book is not to be bought. Again, this should only affect about 10% of the books we shipped, as far as we can tell.

    This is the first time we've had to deal with a mistake like this, and we're treating it as seriously as possible. Our printers are checking their quality control procedures, and any misprinted copies we come across in the warehouse will be destroyed.

    We apologize for any problems this is causing people.


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