[bksvol-discuss] Re: Quandry About Val McDermid Mysteries
- From: Courtney Stover <liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:49:58 -0500
Monica,
I'd be thrilled to proof these for you. Of particular interest to me
is her Lindsey Gordon series which begins with Report For Murder, but
I'd be mpore than happy to proofread any and all; her work is utterly
exquisite.
Courtney
On 9/28/10, Kathy Hester <kathyruth@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I personally encourage you to scan them if you want to. I'll bet you'll get
> them proofread. After all, as you say, the older books may or may not be
> replaced. I am scanning a Bantam book right now that may possibly be
> replaced, but if so, good. If not, I'm glad I did it. (I am actually going
> over it after the scan, which is already complete. That's more arduous than
> the scan, to my way of thinking. It's 518 pages!) It is a novel about Davy
> Crocket.
>
> Kathy
>> "The LORD bless you and keep you;
>> the LORD make His face shine upon you
>> and be gracious to you;
>> the LORD turn His face toward you
>> and give you peace."
>> Numbers 6:24-26
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "bksvol-discuss" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 12:24 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Quandry About Val McDermid Mysteries
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>
> Hi everyone. I just noticed that we have only a few of Val McDermid's
> mysteries in the Bookshare collection. Her mysteries are set in
> Scotland and are psychological thrillers with intricate plots, complex
> characters, and evocative settings. They're available on Audible where
> I could just listen to them, but that doesn't help our Braille readers
> and deaf/blind members. I'm somewhat torn about scanning or asking
> anyone else to proofread for me because the books are from
> ParperCollins. Yet they range in date from the early 90s to 2008. I
> know we're getting fairly new books from that publisher, but I don't
> know about older ones, say 2003 and earlier. As far as I know, there's
> no guarantee the older McDermid books will be provided as PQ books.
>
> So what do you all think? If I scan a few, would you be willing to
> proofread? I don't mind my work being replaced by a publisher version
> in the future because I'll be happy knowing that I got to read the
> books when I wanted to. Yet I feel it's only fair to find a
> proofreader who shares that feeling in general. These are books meant
> for adults and probably do have some strong language in them. I don't
> know how much unless I scan them. That's the downside. The upside is
> the pleasure of reading a well-crafted mystery.
>
> --
> Monica Willyard
> Visit my GoodReads book shelf at http://www.goodreads.com/plumlipstick
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