[bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
- From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:26:20 -0400
I came on board in 2008. I have not seen this, but I have been told that
at one time before I started volunteering books were scanned at the
Bookshare offices and then added to the checkout list for volunteers to
proofread. Well, it was called validate back then and considering some
of the early books I have downloaded and read I don't think there was
any real proofreading. The book I am reading right now is an example. It
is The Exiles Trilogy by Ben Bova and it was added in 2002 and it
appears to be a raw scan. It is full of scanning errors and the page
headers are still there. I am digressing though. I meant to say that the
scans were added to the checkout list for volunteers and as long as I
have been volunteering I have not seen that happen. Are all the books
scanned at the Bookshare office now sent to outsourcers exclusively? I
ask because there is a dearth of books on the checkout list now. If any
time would be a good one for Bookshare to add its own scans this would
be a good time. Something else occurs to me. When one of those older
books in fair or good condition is reported with a quality report
Bookshare rescans it and replaces it. Wouldn't it be better to just dump
the good quality ones on the checkout list for repair? That one I am
reading now really only needs a good and thorough proofreading. It is
already readable, but there are numerous scanning errors to be corrected
and the page headers need to be removed. However, I have made a quality
report on it and Bookshare informs me that it will be rescanned and
replaced. I would not suggest, though, placing the fair quality books on
the checkout list. Those are beyond proofreading help. They all need to
be rescanned. It does seem to me , though that some of these suggestions
could provide more for volunteers to work on.
On 7/11/2012 11:20 AM, Mayrie ReNae wrote:
> Hi Reggie,
> I'll shortly be submitting A Girl's Guide To Witchcraft with a hold on
> it for you! Thanks for being so accommodating and helpful!
> Happy proofreading, and of course, please contact me if you need any
> clarification while proofreading!
> Mayrie
>
> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Regina
> Alvarado
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 11, 2012 5:38 AM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
>
> I would like either of these, so just put a hold on either one,
> please. Susan can have first choice. Thanks so very much Mary!
>
> Reggie
>
> *From: * bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Mayrie ReNae
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 11, 2012 3:31 AM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
>
> Hi Susan and Reggie,
>
> I'm replying to both of your requests for more info about the books
> for which I'd like proofreaders here. I hope that's all right.
>
> The first book that I have available is Ten Beach Road by Wendy Wax.
> Here is the text from the back cover:
>
> [From The Back Cover]
>
> /On / /the brink of ruin, three very different women discover
> themselves where they least expect ... at Ten Beach Road . /
>
> Madeline, Avery, and Nikki are strangers to one another, but they have
> one thing in common. They each wake up one morning to discover that
> their life savings have vanished, along with their trusted financial
> manager ... leaving them with nothing but co-ownership of a ramshackle
> beachfront house.
>
> Madeline Singer is a homemaker coping with empty-nest syndrome and an
> unemployed husband. Avery Lawford is an architect--or was, until she
> somehow became the sidekick on her ex-husband's TV show. And
> professional matchmaker Nikki Grant is trying to recover from her
> biggest mistake ...
>
> No one is going to save them but themselves. Determined to fight back,
> they throw their lots in together and take on the challenge of
> restoring the historic beach house to its former glory. But just as
> they begin to reinvent themselves and discover the power of
> friendship, their secrets threaten to tear down their trust, and
> destroy their lives a second time ...
>
> Praise for the novels of Wendy Wax
>
> "A definite 'must' for any beach bag this summer."
>
> --/Sacramento Book Review /
>
> "A beautiful book about loyalty, courage, and pursuing your dreams
> with a little help from your friends."
>
> --Karen White, author of /On/ /Folly/ /Beach /
>
> ISBN 978-0-425-24086-1
>
> www.penguin.com
>
>
>
> READERS GUIDE INSIDE
>
> ----
>
> The second book is A Girl's Guide to Witchcraft by Mindy Klasky, and
> here is the text from its back cover:
>
> Which is more unlikely? Meeting a single, straight, reasonably
> attractive, willing-to-commit man? Or Discovering a secret cache of
> magic books? For good girl Jane Madison, neither has a shot in hell of
> coming true--until the day she finds a hidden room... Now she's done a
> bit of experimenting and found a spell that makes her irresistible to
> men-... more ?even those who have previously ignored her. And another
> that turns a cat into her witch's familiar (a snarky, critical,
> self-absorbed man--pretty much a typical male). Though her impulsive
> acts of magic have brought a warder (sexy, grouchy, elusive and
> determined to stop her from using magic) down on her, Jane's not
> willing to let go of this fantastic new life. Though she wonders about
> having things that aren't "real," she's having too much fun to stop.
> After all, no one ever said being a witch was easy...
>
> ---
>
> If either of you is interested in proofreading either of these books,
> I'll happily put a hold on the book you'd like to proofread for you
> when I submit the book, which will be almost as soon as you say you're
> interested in proofreading it.
>
> I hope each of you will find a book that is to your liking!
>
> Thanks in any case for the offers to proofread the books!
>
> Mayrie
>
> *From: * bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Susan Lumpkin
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:58 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
>
> Hi Mayrie,
>
> What is the romance you have for someone to proof? I may be interested
> in taking it if it hasn’t been spoken for. Thanks.
>
> Susan
>
> *From: * bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Mayrie ReNae
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:21 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
>
> Hi Reggie,
>
> Any book labeled PRIORITY is on the check out page by mistake. If you
> encounter any book with that designation, please don't download it,
> and notify Carrie at ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> and
> let her know that the book is on the check out page by mistake. Those
> books labeled PRIORITY are books that have already been proofread by
> outsourcers and which have mistakenly ended up on the check out page,
> rather than in the approval queue.
>
> And, Reggie, I will have a few books available for proofreading very
> soon. All formatting has been done. What remains needing to be done is
> to read the books through, and to make sure that paragraph marks
> between dialogue are where they should be. This is what I mean.
>
> "I don't want to go to Grandma's house," Max whined. "Why?" his mother
> asked.
>
> As I have written the above, there are two lines of dialogue which
> have been put together as one. What needs to happen here is for a
> paragraph mark, (carriage return) to be inserted before the word
> "Why?" In the books I'd like proofreaders for, the final thing needed
> will be a final spell check after reading the books.
>
> I have one erotica book, one romance/fiction, one fiction, and one
> teen fiction book that will need a bit more care taken with it.
>
> Are you interested in any of these? I can give titles and authors if
> you prefer later.
>
> Sorry for the ramble!
>
> Mayrie
>
> All heading navigation and font stuff is done.
>
> *From: * bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx%5d> *On Behalf
> Of *Regina Alvarado
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:40 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
>
> Hello all:
>
> Is there anyone who has finished scanning a book who needs a proofer?
> I would like anything on animals, history, fiction, romance, mystery
> and thrillers, nonfiction biography or events. All that is on without
> a hold is religion. Alternatively, is there anyone who would let me
> have one of their holds?
>
> Another problem. I downloaded what I think is a textbook Priority TX
> Health and Wellness. I tried to make it into a .doc file, which I
> normally do as I have Word 2003 and it will not open in my BN. When I
> opened it on the BN it gave me a message stating “Ipad converter does
> not recognize this as a word 2007.” I think it was scanned on a later
> Word. Can someone pick it up and proof? It looks like it was priority.
> I intended to spend tonight and tomorrow proofing. Instead I had to
> download something about shells Shelley scanned. Hoping it has pic
> descriptions as I wonder if it is one of the books that people are
> working on for descriptions. I cannot help with this. If it is not
> described and was only let go back to download because of this, can
> someone let me know, please before I get too far. Appreciate much!
>
> Reggie
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can give me on any of these problems.
>
> *From: * bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> <mailto:%5bmailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx%5d> *On Behalf
> Of *Amber Wallenstein
> *Sent:* Monday, July 09, 2012 8:37 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: McGill-Queens University Press in
> Canada Has Signed Our Agreement
>
> This is great news!
>
> Amber
>
> "The minute you choose to do what you really want to do, it's a
> different kind of life." ---
> buckminster fuller
>
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