[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books rated excellent recently added to the collection that are really only good
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:47:31 -0700 (PDT)
Unfortunately, books don't seem to be edited with the care that hey used to or
should be. Facts like that should have been checked by the editors--as should
grammar in nonfiction books.
G.Cindy
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--- On Tue, 4/22/08, Curtis Delzer <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Curtis Delzer <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books rated excellent recently added to the
> collection that are really only good
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 3:08 PM
> Well, if it is an obvious error, if we are absolutely sure
> of the correct
> title, (as in my case with the Roy Orbison book which I
> should submit for
> review, then I will do it. If I am not sure, I will not
> even begin to get
> the idea I should change it. All Roy Orbison fans should
> know the correct
> title of that song referred too in that book, but if you
> were not a fan or
> didn't know the titles of his songs, then you might
> think that "breaking up
> is hard to do," is correct, when in fact, it is not.
> So, since I know, I
> changed it to "breaking up is breaking my heart,"
> the correct title. It is
> like saying, in this case that president Truman was elected
> in 1960, when in
> fact, it was not. :)
> :) <grin>
> Authors are human, they do not know all the facts or they
> can, even in book
> form, make mistakes. We are not "authors" as
> such, but if you have a fact,
> it is a fact after all, and whether or not it is a book,
> published or not,
> if that fact is continually allowed to flourish via your
> hands as "editors"
> as such, then you are responsible if you do not change it
> to the correct
> facts, if your ground is as certain as the rock that is the
> essence of this
> planet. <grin>
>
> Curtis Delzer
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "eric troup" <yakkoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:09 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books rated excellent
> recently added to the
> collection that are really only good
>
>
> Agreed. And if it's even a little unclear, I believe
> you have to give
> the author/editor the benefit of the doubt. It's a
> slippery slope as
> is.
>
> On 18 Apr 2008, at 03:43, Cindy Ray wrote:
>
> > Well, we were admonished to fish the kinds of errors
> mentioned when I
> > was studying the braille transcription program at NLS.
> However, you do
> > have to be sure the change should be made. Most of the
> time you can
> > tell.
> >
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