[bksvol-discuss] Re: Why?
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:09:38 -0700
Hi, Tim, I don't know if anyone ever told you the reason for this term.
Carrie Karnos is the one responsible for the term "deranged
perfectionist" to describe certain volunteers, i.e., submitters who
insist on practically proofreading their submissions so the proofreader
should theoretically have little to do and those proofreaders who don't
think the book is proofread unless they read the file from first word to
last, despite being assured by the submitter that headers and footers
are stripped, page numbers and chapters have been protected, etc. etc.
Speaking strictly for myself, since I proofread fiction, my ulterior
motive, aside from making sure that scannos are deleted, formatting is
correct, and the book is a pleasure to read, is that delightful prospect
of reading a good story before the general Bookshare membership gets the
chance to download the file. I also get the opportunity of informing the
submitter that their scans are good. I like them to know if I found
anything or nothing. Call it a way to ensure their baby is being taken
care of before being sent up for approval. I really admire those folks
who aren't intimidated about scanning print as I am. I really like
looking at a file and can read and delete stuff that shouldn't be there.
It doesn't drive me crazy. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Syfert
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 3:49 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why?
Deranged perfectionist? Who's deranged? You better believe it!! (evil
smile).
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From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:13 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why?
Hi, Jamie's right. I remember proofreading a book and running it through
the spell-checker before sending it up for approval and was startled to
find that I needed to add some spaces to the book or something like
that. Due to the Braille display not being recognized, I hadn't been
aware of how the line looked based on what I heard. I can see why
Bookshare insists on two people overseeing the processing of the file,
one to submit and one to proofread. And if you have two deranged
perfectionists on a given project, submitter and proofreader, then that
book will be as near perfect as we can make it, barring stupid things
like typographical errors or missing words left out by the publisher.
Regards, Kim Friedman.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Yates,
CPhT
Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 10:08 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why?
It's true that if you scan the book you have the book to proofread with,
but I think, in the beginning, there were very few sighted volunteers
for Bookshare. So a person without sight couldn't really compare it with
the print book, right?
And then, too, it's always good to have a second pair of eyes (um, or
fingers or ears, sorry!) to look something over. I am in general a
pretty careful scanner but I have several times submitted a book that
was missing pages and it's my custom to page down through the file
counting page numbers to make sure they are all there. I even once
submitted a book that had a chunk of pages twice.
It's like when you read a book that has errors in the print--your eyes
see what they want to see and not what is really there. So sometimes you
don't even see the mistakes.
And of course there are scanners (like me) who don't read every word of
what they scan, and there are proofreaders who don't read every word of
what they proof. So two sets of eyes on the job are better than one.
--
Jamie in Michigan
Currently Reading: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html
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