Simon and Schuster, the New York-based publishers of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's memoir In the Line of Fire are embarrassed because of a number of publishing, spelling and grammatical errors in the book, a media report said.
The series of mis-spelt names and words begin right at the preface, where just under Musharraf's signature, the capital city of Islamabad has been turned into 'Islam bad'.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's name was wrongly spelt as 'Manmoham' in captions accompanying his pictures in the book though his name is correctly given in the text.
Even Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz's name suffered in the misspelling offensive. On three occasions, his name has been spelled incorrectly, once as 'Shuakat' (Page-179) and twice as 'Shaukut' (cover jacket flap and Page-232).
'The spelling mistakes have screwed up the Index section of the book as well,' The News reported from Washington.
Asked who was responsible for a number mistakes, the New York-based editor of the book, Bruce Nichols, who has been duly acknowledged by President Musharraf, almost panicked, the report said.
'We are supposed to correct the spellings,' Nichols said, adding the mistakes were being listed in a story. He, however, clarified that he was not the company spokesman and could not go on record.
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