You have way too much faith in editors and publishers. It’s surprising how little fact-checking they do (c.f. Naomi Wolf finding out she was wrong about a legal term during an interview: https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/naomi-wolf-interview-book-error-bbc-interview.html).
Self-publishers and indie publishers are often much stricter because screwing up can mean no more work or sales ever. And freelance editors don’t have their success tied to the success of the book and they get paid per job, so they often go the extra mile to do a great job.
You have way too much faith in editors and publishers. It’s surprising how little fact-checking they do (c.f. Naomi Wolf finding out she was wrong about a legal term during an interview: https://www.thecut.com/2019/05/naomi-wolf-interview-book-error-bbc-interview.html).
Self-publishers and indie publishers are often much stricter because screwing up can mean no more work or sales ever. And freelance editors don’t have their success tied to the success of the book and they get paid per job, so they often go the extra mile to do a great job.