[bksvol-discuss] Re: I need a sighted proofreader for several books, please.

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 13:07:49 -0700 (PDT)

I'm more than happy to help with these books. I've requested them all, and will 
work on the chapter titles and first word problem as soon as they come in. I 
may have to wait a bit for Bermudez and Lucky. In both cases, a copy is missing 
and a couple of others are checked out, but there are still some available. I 
don't know yet where I am on the hold list.

I'll reread your note  to see if you mentioned what pages need the beginning 
words provided. As for the chapter titles, either I can send you the page 
number and the title in times new roman 16 or you can send me the pages and I 
can out them right on the page. 
I'm pleased to be able to help and return in some small way the help you've 
given me. (They look like interesting books to read. I'm sorry they don't need 
more proofing, though the fixing I can do right away and proofing would have to 
be delayed until I finish what I'm working on.

Cindy



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--- On Sun, 9/6/09, Mayrie ReNae ><mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] I need a sighted proofreader for several books, 
please.
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 1:45 AM

Hi Everyone,

    This last batch of library books that I received have what is for me
a common problem.  Many of them have chapter headings that did not scan
well.  I can't get these books up to my standards of what a book should be
without sighted help.  There will be very little for a proofreader to do on
most of these books, but it does need to be a sighted person with a copy
 of
the book in hand to fix what I have not been able to fix.  I'll explain
about each book.

Sucker Punch by David Hernandez 
ISBN 978-0-06-117331-8 (lib. bdg.)
I could not find a single place to put a chapter heading in this book.  None
scanned and I saw no indication of where to put them.
I have proofread and formatted this book thoroughly. All that this book
needs is to have chapter headings inserted, or Three asterisks in their
stead, if the only indication of where sections begin is white space.

The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen Johnson
ISBN 1-59514-019-0 (hardcover)
This book has also been proofread thoroughly.  All chapter headings are
present and all formatting has been done.  However, the first few words of
each chapter are in a font that did not scan clearly at all.  A sighted
proofreader would need to insert the proper first few words of each chapter.
But I've done
 everything else.

Lucky by Rachel Vail
ISBN 978-0-06-089044-5 (lib. bdg.)
 This book too has been proofread thoroughly (every single word is what I
mean by thoroughly) and formatted properly.  However, not all chapter
headings scanned.  Some I could not figure out where to place, and some I
had to guess at.  I need a sighted proofreader to make sure that all chapter
headings are in the proper places and enlarge and bold those that he/she
needs to insert.

And finally,
Madapple by Christina Meldrum
I won't ask anyone to proofread this book yet.  I haven't read or cleaned up
some junk that I can't identify. I wonder, would someone be willing to get a
copy from his/her library and send me a list of chapter headings and the
numbers of pages on which each begins?  Then I can do the clean-up on this
book and read it.

Any help with any of these is much appreciated. Thanks for
 anything anyone
is able to help with.

Mayrie

 


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