I agree with you there. In Braille when I change them, and they are little ones, I might indicate that I am doing it. If it says not and should say now, or something, you know that's an error. You can't add in missing words. I should think you could correct very obvious things like that. I don't know why I'm entering this as I am not currently proofreading. Maybe I'd better start. On Feb 15, 2012, at 5:13 PM, Cindy wrote: > EScellent point, Sue. We ought to be allowed to change scannos even if the > errors are in the print book, since I assume it is the author's words we > don't want to change, not publishers' mistakes, if the book has not been > edited well; maybe m y assumption is incorrect. > Cindy > > From: Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:58 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages. > > Well, you know, I don’t get it. Some things we are allowed tochange, even > though we are told we cannot tamper with books as published; whereas, if we > see a scanno and it is in the print book, we cannot change it. To me, that > doesn’t sound logical. Why are we allowed to change hyphenated words? Don’t > get me wrong; I have always done that, but I still don’t see the logic. > > Sue S. > > > From: Jamie Yates, CPhT > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:19 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages. > > I see it all the time when scanning books. Just because word processors don't > do it, doesn't mean books don't do it. > > > > -- > Jamie in Michigan > > Currently Reading: Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell > > > > See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html > >