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.
> >
> > --
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> > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > http://www.portaltutoring.info
> > "All that is gold does not glitter,
> > Not all those who wander are lost."
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