[bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
- From: "Susan Lumpkin" <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 12:13:55 -0500
Thanks Mayrie and Reggie! Larry will be out of town for a while so I’ll
have some extra time to proof! Reggie, write me offlist and let me know what
type of books you like to proof and perhaps Larry and I can find something
for you to do which is in our collection!
Susan
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 10:20 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
Hi Susan!
Reggie was kind enough to let you have first pick! So, I'll shortly submit
Ten Beach Road with a hold on it for you! Thanks so much for proofreading
the book!
Have I said recently that I am just astounded at how helpful this community
is when folks need it? You all are just terrific!!!!
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Lumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:11 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: need book to proof
Hi Mayrie,
I’d love to have 10 Beach road if Reggie hasn’t asked for it previously.
Thanks either way.
Susan
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 2:31 AM
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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
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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...
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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
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Susan Lumpkin
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:58 PM
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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
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 4:21 PM
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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 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.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:40 PM
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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.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amber Wallenstein
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2012 8:37 PM
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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." -
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