[bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2010 15:05:20 -0800 (PST)
I know its content is difficult to read, and the language and sex is
objectionable to a lot of people, but with what we're learning about a more
widespread, hidden incidence of incest existing I think, though I hope it isn't
the case, the book could be helpful to some readers.
Cindy
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--- On Sat, 1/2/10, Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen Hopkins
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2010, 11:25 AM
> Cindy, If you hadn't been willing to
> proofread Identical, I never would have finished scanning
> it. But I beg to disagree with you about its being worth
> adding to Bookshare.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 5:57 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Comments on Impulse by Ellen
> Hopkins
>
>
> > I proofed Identical by Ellen Hopkins. If all her books
> are set up like that one, and it appears from your comments
> that they may be, they'll have to be proofed carefully by a
> sighted person. In Identical, each narrator's story was on a
> different page, the page of one following the page of the
> other, with sentences by one person finished on he next page
> by the other. The only indicatin of a change was the page
> heading, and the tone of the story. Sometimes several pages
> continued by one narrator before the next one picked up. I
> haven't read any of her other books, and maybe the set-up
> was only because this book was about identical twins. I
> found the book interesting, and provocative, and well worth
> being in the collection. I'd be happy to proof any of her
> books, but at the moment I have 5 to work on.
> > Cindy
> > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection)
> and books-being-scanned list available at sites below
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> >
> >
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> >
> > Books Being Scanned List:
> > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 1/1/10, solsticesinger <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: solsticesinger <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Comments on Impulse by
> Ellen Hopkins
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 12:58 PM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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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