I hope someone does rescan those books. I'd be happy to validate them eventually. I say eventually because when I finish what I'm working on now I have a 900-plus book to start which may have some problems, but, as I say, I'd love to do those two books. Is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night an Oliver Sachs book> I know I can check Amazon but I haven't yet so I thought I;d ask. G.Cindy' --- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Ann, > > Validating slowly because you're reading every word > may be taxing but it > isn't thankless! > > I'm thanking you right now! I appreciate the effort > you are putting in to > your validations very much! > > I enjoy so many aspects of reading, time spent with > new people in new > places, the emotional journey, the author's style, > every word of the book! > It really distracts and interferes with the flow of > the content when I > stumble on one error after another, errors print > readers don't have to > contend with. > > Nine Coaches Waiting was a great read, but almost > all of the French words, > and they were many since the novel is set in France, > were mangled! The > hero's name was spelled at least 20 different ways! > I was itching to BSO the > book, knowing all the while I probably wouldn't > because I have a stack of > books that rises through the stratosphere in mind to > scan and validate. > > The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night was a > fabulous book, dramatic > and a unique view of the way an autistic teenager > might perceive the world, > but the boy was a math genius and almost all of the > numbers including the > page numbers were wrong, mixed, missing or > misrepresented in some way. The > boy often talked about math but I couldn't follow > any of his explanations of > formulas etc. because they were randomly and always > incorrectly reproduced. > The text in this book was admirably correct, but > numbers were important and > they were unreadable as was the code for the > mathematical operations being > illustrated. > > The spell checker wouldn't catch the math mistakes, > and the validator > probably ignored it when the spell checker said the > French words were wrong. > Had these books been read through, the submittor or > validator would have > fixed the French and math or passed the books on to > people familiar enough > with French and math to prepare them accurately. > > Believe me, Ann, whenever I read a crisp, accurate > book, I am thanking the > validator and submittor on every page! I'm currently > reading Heart Shaped > Box, depressing and scary, but suspenseful and a > tribute to Bookshare at its > best because it's only a few molecules shy of > perfect. It's a New York Times > submission so Carrie is the one to thank, Carrie or > just maybe another > staffer who prepared this horror novel the horror > group will be discussing > at the end of this month. > > When I work on a book, I keep books like Heart > Shaped Box in mind, doing my > level best, word by word, to make the book I will be > uploading as close to > its perfection as Possible. > > Ann, you and I aren't the only ones who work so hard > on books. Jackie > validated one of my scans and in friendship and fun, > wrote to me that I put > an apostrophe for a quote, missed a quote and had a > slash for a comma, and > those were the only mistakes. Just think. She read > the whole book word by > word to find those errors. Jill, Susan L. Cat Lover > Lori, and, of course, > Evan, are just as meticulous. There are other > validators just as careful who > I can't name because I haven't gone through the > process with them, but I > know they are out there every time I read a nearly > error free book. > > The work is worth it, Ann! Keep it up! > > Keep up the interesting and entertaining posts, too. > I feel much more > capable of taking on the world knowing Athena sprang > from Zeus's forehead! > > Always with love, > > Lissi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:20 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Funny Scanno > > > > Hi all, > > > > Wow, Cindy4, didn't realize that the book had been > in the collection. The > > problem is that a spell checker wouldn't catch > rabies as opposed to rubies > > because both words are spelled correctly. An > excellent reason for reading > > your validations. that is why, for example, that > it is taking me so long > > to validate books. I'm doing one currently which > has all the headers, but > > no page numbers in it. I'm forced to place the > numbers in myself. Also, > > the dingdong chapter headings aren't available > either. Man, this is > > sometimes a thankless job. <smiling> My other > problem is that this > > particular author is boring, boring, boring, > boring! His imagery is > > trite. His info is sometimes wrong, he talks > about Juno springing fully > > grown from the forhead of Zeus. That, my friends, > is a major gaff in his > > knowledge of Greek mythology. It wasn't Juno or > Hera it was Athena, Zeus' > > daughter who sprung fully grown from the forehead > of Zeus. <sigh> Juno > > goes with Jupiter, (Roman pantheom) Hera goes > with Zeus, (Greek > > pantheon)! <grumble, grumble> His plot lines are > staid and stodgey and > > as predictable as taxes. His constant harping on > religious conversion is > > getting old fast! If y'all who are Christians and > wanting Christian > > mystery fiction, you're welcome to this guy Box. > But I could write better > > stuff. Hmmm, maybe I should try. I could > probably do better than this > > guy, no way is he in line for the Golden Dagger or > anything else. Sorry, > > folks, but this is the one disadvantage of good > validating. If you don't > > like the book, it's a bit squeaky. > > > > Hope on, hope ever. > > > > Ann P. > > > > -- > > Ann K. Parsons > > Portal Tutoring > > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.portaltutoring.info > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > > Not all those who wander are lost." > > > > Email services provided by the System Access > Mobile Network. Visit > > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility > anywhere. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. 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