[bksvol-discuss] Re: I need a sighted proofreader for several books, please.

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:26:23 -0700 (PDT)

zi'd love to proofread them, but I have 2 or 3 books to do first (depending on 
when I get The Tomb), but the chapter titles and first lines of each chapter I 
can get and send you as soon as I get the books (the books sound like 
interesting reading. from what I read of the synopses

Cindy



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--- On Wed, 9/9/09, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I need a sighted proofreader for several books, 
please.
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 4:14 PM



 
Hi Cindy,
 
    Thank you so very much!  And there isn't 
any rush.  I'll submit them with holds on them for you and you can work as 
slowly or as quickly as you like.
 
Thank you again so very, very much!  I'll put a note in 
the comments section of each what each still needs.
 
Is that all right, or do you want just to provide me the 
missing chapter titles/headings and their pages and have someone else proofread 
them?  I want whatever you want about these.  
 
Mayrie
 
 



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    Mayrie,

The books, including Bermudez Triangle, are 
      in transit . I expect to be able to pick them up next week (unfortunately 
      not this week; we won't be gong to the city where th library is until 
next 
      week).. I'll get to work on them as soon as I h=get the 
      books)

Cindy

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--- 
      On Sun, 9/6/09, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> 
      wrote:

      
From: 
        Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] 
        I need a sighted proofreader for several books, please.
To: 
        bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Sunday, September 6, 2009, 1:45 
        AM


        Hi Everyone,

    This last 
        batch of library books that I received have what is for me
a common 
        problem.  Many of them have chapter headings that did not 
        scan
well.  I can't get these books up to my standards of what a 
        book should be
without sighted help.  There will be very little 
        for a proofreader to do on
most of these books, but it does need to 
        be a sighted person with a copy of
the book in hand to fix what I 
        have not been able to fix.  I'll explain
about each 
        book.

Sucker Punch by David Hernandez 
ISBN 978-0-06-117331-8 
        (lib. bdg.)
I could not find a single place to put a chapter heading 
        in this book.  None
scanned and I saw no indication of where to 
        put them.
I have proofread and formatted this book thoroughly. All 
        that this book
needs is to have chapter headings inserted, or Three 
        asterisks in their
stead, if the only indication of where sections 
        begin is white space.

The Bermudez Triangle by Maureen 
        Johnson
ISBN 1-59514-019-0 (hardcover)
This book has also been 
        proofread thoroughly.  All chapter headings are
present and all 
        formatting has been done.  However, the first few words of
each 
        chapter are in a font that did not scan clearly at all.  A 
        sighted
proofreader would need to insert the proper first few words 
        of each chapter.
But I've done everything else.

Lucky by 
        Rachel Vail
ISBN 978-0-06-089044-5 (lib. bdg.)
This book too has 
        been proofread thoroughly (every single word is what I
mean by 
        thoroughly) and formatted properly.  However, not all 
        chapter
headings scanned.  Some I could not figure out where to 
        place, and some I
had to guess at.  I need a sighted proofreader 
        to make sure that all chapter
headings are in the proper places and 
        enlarge and bold those that he/she
needs to insert.

And 
        finally,
Madapple by Christina Meldrum
I won't ask anyone to 
        proofread this book yet.  I haven't read or cleaned up
some junk 
        that I can't identify. I wonder, would someone be willing to get 
        a
copy from his/her library and send me a list of chapter headings 
        and the
numbers of pages on which each begins?  Then I can do 
        the clean-up on this
book and read it.

Any help with any of 
        these is much appreciated. Thanks for anything anyone
is able to help 
        with.

Mayrie




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