[bksvol-discuss] Re: Possible book quality issue

  • From: Laura Ann <agapetouchmassage@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 09:00:43 -0600

sometimes it might be that they are new and just learning.
sometimes it may be that something else happens.
or in the case of this book I scanned it and read it through and the book was entirely there so not sure why a line would be missing. 
I take a lot of time with my scans and strive for excellence.
I hope my scans are improving and have improved but I have always wanted quality work.
I also read through entirely now as a proof reader and know my validating have improved from my first one but am human and am sure I miss things.
My point here is that its not just careless validating or scanning or that someone doesn't care. 
it may be they are learning and new to validating or scanning,
learning
or that something else might have ruined the scan and validation after its uploaded. 
I don't know.
Laura Ann

At 02:49 AM 1/2/2009, you wrote:
That reminds me of another book that I just scanned and am proofing. So Cindy, here's one more title for the books being scanned list. Its called Gianna Aborted... and lived to tell about it by Jessica Shaver. Although this book had an excellent rating, the first line of every other page was missing! 
I guess I'd better get on that book quality button too.
Julia
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 5:28 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Possible book quality issue



Hi Cait!

Yes, do use the report book quality button on the book information
page.  That's supposed to be the thing to do.

Oh, I know how frustrating that is to read a book that is supposed
to be excellently rated but isn't.  Hopefully, oh so hopefully, the new
volunteer manual will change the requirements for proofreading to require a
spell check at the very least, which it doesn't now.

I sympathize with you completely!  I've wanted to read books, taken
a look at them, then changed my mind and moved onto something else.

I wish all of the unmotivated proofreaders were on this list so
they'd know how they torture us by being less than thorough!

Mayrie



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Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 2:07 PM
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Hi,

Ok, I'm wondering how to handle this..

I am currently reading The Wild Rose of Kilgannon by Kathleen Givens for
fun.  It's in the collection.  It's rated as an excellent scan, but geez,
that's far far from the truth!!  There are a *ton* of scanner errors in this
book!  It's so distracting it's difficult reading, whether I try in braille
or using speech.  Trouble is, now I'm wanting to see how it ends!

Anyway, Do I use the report book quality button on the download page for
this book and report the problems that way?  It's * so* tempting to fix
everything as I go, but honestly, if I rescanned everybook I read it'd be in
trouble, not to mention far behind in my course work!(grins)

I really, really hope that the new volunteer manual address book quality
stuff like  this as far as submitters and validaters alike goes! Honestly,
if the validater had only spell checked the book and done the bare minimum
the current manual calls for, then that'd explain all these errors.  A case
in point why we should read every book from cover to cover.  Preaching to
the choir, I know!

Cait


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