[bksvol-discuss] Reasons for releasing a book, was Re: Re: my two cents worth

Oftentimes a proofer will release a book back to the checkout list just 
because he or she finds out that he or she is uninterested in it, not because 
anything is wrong with it.

                                                                            
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: my two cents worth so far on proofreadingRE: Re: 
questions please and thank you delete if don't like how I write.  
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I  think this is good.I think a scanner ought to know what is going on at 
all times if possible. Sometimes it's just the not knowing that can be 
frustrating.I
don't care how long a book takes as long as I  know what is happening and 
what I can do to make it  better.Contrary to what a lot of people have 
gathered,
I'd rather be told about my book  than be left hanging, that drives me 
crazy to be left hanging.I'd rather have a flat out rejection than the hanging 
or
even if somebody can't do it for  whatever reason, say so, don't let me go 
on my book months later and find them just sitting there just because 
somebody
couldn't tell me, reject it get it o ut of the way, but I'd rather not be 
left hanging nor my books be left hanging.Working on them is one thing, but 
taking 
them, and never letting me know why they were put back,if I were a proofer 
I  wouldn't do that.I'd let you know such and so was wrong, right now I 
couldn't
do it, gonna let somebody else take it any reason will do, but limbo I 
can't handle. ----- Original Message ----- From: 
Kim Friedman 
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cents worth so far on proofreadingRE: Re: questions please and thank you 
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if don't like how I write.Hi, Lynn, Gwen, and anybody else who reads this, 
I know I don't have a lot of experience, but one thing I didn't do on my 
last
book was use the spell-checker. I don't know why that was, but I thought 
I'd listen to the text and follow along using my BrailleNote. One thing I 
decided
to do was be cautious in what I did. What I decided to do was take note of 
names, words, etc. and if I saw a word spelled the same way more than once 
and
if I could conclude that the spelling was what was supposed to be there, I 
wouldn't mess with it. This is especially true when you're reading science 
fiction
or fantasy literature. Proper names, names for things, plants, etc. were 
bound to be out of the common way and the computer wouldn't know about that. I
think there's where it helps for the proofreader to write the submitter to 
verify if the surmise is correct. Maybe my way is slower, but I think I 
prefer
to read every word of a text and communicate with a submitter to make sure 
that what I'm reading is what is supposed to be in the text. Regards, a 
cautious
Kim Friedman.

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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynn ISent: Tuesday, 
November 17, 2009 8:49 AMTo: 
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: questions please and thank you delete if don't like 
how I write.Hi Gwen! In answer to your first question, initially people could
scan and proofread their own books. However, I think the policy of having 
someone else proofread is a good one. I sometimes tend to be a contextual 
reader.
I believe having someone else proofread allows for an opportunity to catch 
things I did not. *smile* My only negative experience with this policy has 
been
when a proofreader relied on spell check and changed spellings of proper 
names and some terms that were intended to be spelled as they 
were. Blessings. Lynnsky 

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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gwen tweedySent: 
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:47 
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bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [bksvol-discuss] questions please and 
thank you delete if don't like how I write.I'm wondering if there are people
who have no trouble submitting books their books are always excepted no 
matter what.Why  couldn't they be allowed to scan and proof their own books if
they so desired?Question 2:Why can't a scanner at least be allowed to clear 
their  book lists so they can start over with no books 
pending?ThanksGwen No
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