HunterSJones wrote a nice post that questions three common accusations again Indie authors. I agree with her on most counts, with the exception of sloppy editing, which in many cases makes a book unreadable.
I cringed when I found out Rise of the Prince still had a dozen typos (now fixed), but in a book of 400 pages I hope they didn’t cause too much trouble. Then I was forwarded a manuscript to beta-read, with that number of typos on the first two pages! I had to choose between doing the line editing myself or asking the author to send me a new copy, once he had line-edited it properly.
Oh my! That’s tricky! Thankfully, the project I’ve been sent so far are carefully written with the odd error here and there. What did you do in the end? Did the writer resend the manuscript in a better condition?
Actually, I’ve resolved this in a number of ways. As one of the books I was sent wasn’t in the genres I normally read, I dropped it. Another, I line-edited (back when I had some free time… Ah, those were the days!)
I’m gradually becoming more picky as to what I accept for beta-reading or to review, although I still try to be supportive and to avoid pigeon-holing my reading, genre-wise.