I've had the book reviewed and edited by several people (mentioned in the front matter), and you're not the first person to complain about the long-winded style

I've had the book reviewed and edited by several people (mentioned in the front matter), and you're not the first person to complain about the long-winded style. This likely means that we collectively screwed up with regard to the English layer of the book. Thanks for the feedback; I'll let my reviewers/editors know, get this fixed in the second edition, avoid doing that in my future writing.