Well, the other side of this is that some of them may actually be scannos, if one is proofreading, so you could either have to leave them all or not. I just think I'll go for not doing it. Sorry, I don't have a lot of time for it anyway; haven't done a book for a while and didn't even receive note that it had been added to the collection or not. I started another and never finished it. It was huge. LOL. Cindy Lou On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:43 AM, Mayrie ReNae wrote: > Hi Valerie, Sue, Cindy Lou, and everyone else frustrated with errors in books, > > I agree that having to leave errors in books is terribly frustrating. And > we're all catching them. This is proof that we are all doing our jobs very > thoroughly. We can be proud of this! And if we ever want to apply to be > copyeditors, we'll be well prepared. > > I just worked on a book full of publisher/author errors. And I had to leave > them alone. I hated to do it, as the fixes were pretty obvious, but I > couldn't fix them. > > And I too cringe to think that the readers of the book will think they were > my fault, that I'm inattentive. But I know I've done my best, and I guess I > have to live with it. > > I comfort myself by reminding myself that I caught what others obviously > missed. At least I'm being attentive, right? > > Just trying to commiserate with everyone here. I know how frustrating the > errors that we can't fix are. > > Happy proofreading everyone! > > Mayrie > > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:33 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages. > > You and me, both, Sue! I cringe every time I see an obvious editing error, > and some books are AWFUL! Still, I am a rule follower. Every once in a > while, though, I write to a publisher about poor editing to get it off my > chest. Not sure if Charisma stiller ears, but she wrote an author about > mistakes in her books with a list and she did fix it in a subsequent reprint. > > > So, if you need vent your frustration, maybe it's best to approach the > author and publishers. Smiles. > > Valerie > > > From: Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wed, February 15, 2012 11:57:20 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages. > > Thanks, Valerie. That does make sense to me. Now I understand why we are > supposed to change hyphenated words but not actual printed words. But I have > to tell you I will wince every time I see something like, “What rime is it?” > (smile) > > Sue S. > > > From: Valerie Maples > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 11:44 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages. > > Dear Sue; > > I think it is readability and the chance that a missed hyphen or page > number/break being announced would ruin the word being comprehended. An > author never hyphenates words like that, it is purely a product of the > printing process. a Misprinted word, on the other hand, is something the > editor or someone else missed along the way, so we cannot change it. At > least that is my take, for what it is worth... > > Valerie > > From: Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Wed, February 15, 2012 4:58:58 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