User blog comment:Grizzly Bear/Can Nobody Proofread?/@comment-24918243-20140526024643

In a way this mentality that you can correct anything at the click of a button is the root of the problem. In my case, I know I do mistakes so I use several methods to at least keep them in check:

The spell checker is my first line of defense. But it is nowhere near the final step. After I run the spell checked I read my story, then reread, and reread again. Then I post it in writer's workshop, which is a step that I think most bypass.

After it lingers there for a week or so, I ask my wife to check it for me.

Next I reread and see if I agree with all the changes she suggested.

Finally I post and then....

...you guessed it, read it again.

Sure, it takes a good week and half to two weeks for me to get anything up (Trollpastas being the only exception). But I think that is time well invested.

As far as books are concerned, it's apples and oranges. Before anything gets to the printing press, it usually goes though at least two professional proofreaders.