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What's the weirdest typo/error you've seen in a book? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 weeks ago by SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world to c/books@lemmy.world
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I’m currently reading “The Number of the Beast” by Robert Heinlein. Book is from the 1980s, and there’s a completely doubled up paragraph in the book! It spans two pages but the image shows enough I think.

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 20 points 3 weeks ago

That kind of stuff makes for the most valuable collectibles. Like trading cards that got cut wrong or miss printed.