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​📚 The Final Sprint: "Cosy James" and the Pre-Order Push

  The other day, I finally managed to upload my e-pub document to Amazon KDP. I was quietly confident until it told me I had 11 spelling mistakes. The good thing with KDP is that it points them out; though sometimes it flags things you've spelled that way on purpose. In my case? They were definitely mistakes. ​I had written the word common ten times in the book, but I had typed it as "Cummon." Yes, ten times! I couldn’t believe it. How had nobody picked this up? I’d even had a fantastic 5-star review from an ARC reader (it was more like an essay than a review, which I loved!), and even they hadn't mentioned it. (Read the review here) ​I headed straight back to Reedsy and used the Find & Replace tool. It’s a lifesaver. It found every "Cummon" and swapped them for the correct spelling in seconds. The final mistake was just a quick fix in the back matter. ​🔍 The "As" Trap ​The problem was that while fixing those, I started reading the surroun...

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