[bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins

  • From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 02 Jan 2010 10:56:21 -0600

Absolutely, Shannon!  The outsoourcers should be held to rigid standards, or 
the money paying them is wasted.

Sue S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: solsticesinger
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 9:49 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins


No. We certainly don't get away with it, and we don't get paid. So, if they 
do get paid, shouldn't their work be held to the same, if not higher, 
standards?

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: robert tweedy
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 6:37 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins


  We don't get away with it.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: solsticesinger
    To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 11:25 PM
    Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins


    It isn't harsh, but is very, very fair. It was my thought, as I read 
through the book. If they're being paid, why is such sloppiness permitted?
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Christina
      To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 6:33 PM
      Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins


      I don't understand why they don't.
      They're not volunteers, right?  As far as I know, they get paid for 
their time and, if that's true, they should be held accountable for their 
work.
      I know that's harsh but I think it's also fair.
      Christina

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: EVAN REESE
        To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 4:36 PM
        Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins


        Nah, they don't read through their scans. I've mentioned here before 
that there was evidence to show that they didn't, and this just adds to it.

        Evan

          ----- Original Message ----- 
          From: solsticesinger
          To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
          Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 3:58 PM
          Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins


          I just finished reading Impulse by Ellen Hopkins, which was added 
to the collection by an outsourcing group in Africa. This is one of the 
worst outsourced scans I've seen. In fact, I wonder if anyone bothered to 
proof it at all.

          The book switched point of view often, and there was no indication 
of this in the scan. Therefore, it was impossible to know which character 
was speaking at any given time. In fact, due to the lack of headers, it was 
impossible to determine how many narrators even existed.

          I saw several very common scanning errors that could have been 
fixed, if only the book had been read through. "hail" for "hall" is an 
example.

          I really looked forward to reading this book, but was sorely 
disappointed by the scan. It really does need to be redone, IMO.




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