Post #440939 by skitiki on Wed, Mar 18, 2009 2:23 PM

I find this an interesting tangent to the thread, Matt.

When you publish a book, it becomes part of the public domain and recognized, by default, as credible and a resource for information in the case of a work of non-fiction such as this book. As the author, editor and/or publisher of a book, you take on responsibility for providing the public with a resource that is as accurate as possible to the best of your ability.

Perhaps this book was edited to the best of Holden's ability. In fact, I'm sure it was based on the kind things you and others have said about him, and his obvious standing within the community.

Regardless of the reason or reasons, or simple human error, lack or knowledge or carelessness (none of us will ever really know what happened and truthfully it is irrelevant) that this happened, let us not lose sight of the fact that the errors and omissions are not solely related to Squid. As Grog pointed out, our friend Mr. Apaka was turned into a dromedary, there was a mug attributed to Derrek Horne (welcome to the scene, are you related to Doug?) and several other errors and omissions of which I am aware, but won't take the time to list here as it is neither professional or prudent.

Jay's heartfelt apology on his and Korero's behalf was gracious and professional, and clearly he is a man of integrity taking full responsibility for the errors and omissions in the book. Hats off to you sir.

Korero's apparent willingness to correct all of the errors and omissions in the book is also professional and earns them great respect in my mind. It's nice to see a corporation that cares about what it does.

So, I suppose in the end, it is the old adage, or maybe a couple of them...It's all water under the bridge at this point and all's well that ends well. So let's all just have it end here and look forward to the next edition.

Remember the one you own now will be a collector's item!

Mahalo to Jay, Holden and Korero for bringing this book to fruition. It is a bridge from our community to the community at large which will benefit all of our artist friends who are so talented and well-loved by all of us. As the eyes of a broader community begin to focus on us, visit TC, and pay attention, it is not the time for us to appear divided. Now more than ever we must live the aloha spirit and all be ohana.