[bksvol-discuss] Re: Does anyone want to proofread?
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 15:33:29 -0800 (PST)
I, too, am willing, but I have severalto finish before I can take anything
else--but ifyou submit and they're still on the check-out list when I've
finished what I've said I'd do I'll take them. smile
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Sat, 11/7/09, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Does anyone want to proofread?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 9:05 PM
> Hi, Mayrie, eventually I'd like to
> try proofreading the Lia Matera book, but
> I'm doing something right now, and I am a newbie at this.
> One thing I do is
> read every word of the text. I can guarantee that. Regards,
> Kim.
>
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> On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 8:06 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Does anyone want to proofread?
>
> Hi Everyone!
>
> I have had two books sitting on my computer for a while now
> that I guess
> I've just not been in the mood to read, but would like to
> submit to
> bookshare.
>
> I am looking for proofreaders for the following two books
> who are willing to
> read the books completely, so that they can be the best
> that they can be.
>
> I've done everything on the checklist for proofreading in
> the scanning and
> proofreading manual except these things:
> Insert asterisks to denote white space
> Run a spell check
> And
> Read the book finding all errors that a spell check won't.
>
> I'll paste the book information below, in case anyone finds
> these kinds of
> books interesting. One is a young adult book, and the
> other a mystery.
>
> If you're interested in proofreading either of these,
> please contact me at
> mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx
> And I'll put a hold on the book for you.
>
> I really appreciate proofreaders willing to read books
> through.
>
> Thanks for any help anyone is interested in giving. See
> below for the book
> information.
>
> Mayrie
>
> How My Private, Personal Journal Became a Bestseller
>
> Author: Julia Devillers
> Publisher: Puffin
> Book Type: Paperback
>
> ISBN-13: 9780142403327 - ISBN-10: 0142403326
>
> Publication Date: 10/6/2005
> Pages: 224
>
> Reading Level: Ages 9-12
>
> Book Description:
> Formerly ordinary fourteen-year-old Jamie Bartlett isn't so
> ordinary
> anymore. Ever since she wrote a story about Isabella (aka
> IS), the
> stereotype-defying, popular-girl-crushing super teen,
> Jamie's life hasn't
> been the same. Suddenly she's doing interviews and book
> signings, flying to
> L.A. to hang out with celebrities, and dating Marco Vega,
> the hottest guy in
> school! But will all of this attention go to Jamie's head?
> Or will she take
> a lesson from IS and remember that there's more to life
> than popularity?
>
> ----
>
> FACE VALUE
> Author: Lia Matera
> Book Information
> Publisher: Simon Schuster
> Book Type: Hardcover
>
> ISBN-13: 9780671741976 - ISBN-10: 0671741977
>
> Publication Date: 2/16/1994
>
> Pages: 224
>
> Synopsis
> Hailed by critics for her brains, determination, and guts,
> San Francisco Bay
> Area lawyer and champion of not-yet-lost causes, Laura Di
> Palma, is
> back--and gutsier than ever. Laura's history of
> high-profile pro bono cases
> not only put her in the headlines but also recently cost
> her the position
> she had at a conservative law firm. Now, in Face Value, she
> is going it
> alone in private practice.
> Free from bureaucratic constraints at last, Laura takes on
> the most
> controversial--and dangerous--case of her career. When a
> distraught and
> disillusioned former devotee of northern California guru
> Brother Mike levels
> startling charges against him, a reluctant Laura eventually
> agrees to take
> the case. According to her new client, the spiritual leader
> was actually
> leading his unsuspecting flock into a terrible deceit,
> going so far as to
> tamper with videotapes of his followers, which he then
> distributed as
> commercial pornography.
> Before Laura can even properly set up shop, her
> investigation sweeps her
> from the busy city streets of San Francisco to places
> beyond her wildest
> imaginings, where she meets a cast of mysterious
> people--all oddly
> influenced by Brother Mike. She begins at a striptease bar
> where, searching
> for clues, she instead finds herself face to face with
> seven murder victims.
> Her next stop is the guru's very own, very remote, but
> not-so-private
> island, where she witnesses scenes almost as shocking as
> the mass murder
> itself.
>
> (continued on back flap)
>
> (continued from front flap)
>
> Back home she is "welcomed" by a series of deadly threats
> from someone eager
> to see her drop the investigation. But Laura has come too
> far to turn back
> now. With the help of private detective Sandy Arklett, her
> former colleague
> and close personal friend, Laura stays on course until she
> finds herself
> directly in the killer's line of fire and learns the final
> truth of this
> case: Nothing and no one can be taken at face value.
> Edgar Allan Poe Award nominee Lia Matera has pulled out all
> the stops in
> Face Value, her most dramatic and masterfully written novel
> yet.
>
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