[bksvol-discuss] Re: The job of a proofreader is...
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:41:18 -0700 (PDT)
sandi, Many (well, maybe not many, but some, scanners like hyou pre-proof
their scans before submitting them; and if they haven't, they put that in the
comments, so we proofers know what to expect. Ssometimes when a scanner scans
a book, like one of a series, that I mention would be nice to have in the
collection and she/he knows I likes reading the boo, will ask if I want them to
preproof or if they can submit the rough copy. Because I know how
time-consuming and physically tiring it is to scan a book (I used to do that)
I'll say go ahead and submit the rough copy, and Hold for me.It takes a lot
longer for me to proof that book, but I feel I'm realty earning my credits (I
have more to give away) and save the scanner time that can be used to scan more
books.
Cindy
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>________________________________
> From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 9:05 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The job of a proofreader is...
>
>Hi, Sandi, if I were proofreading a book you've submitted, I would still
>read every word of the text. I wouldn't skip anything. I'd also email
>you if I had questions about the text. It's great when meticulous
>submitter and meticulous proofreader work together to make sure the book
>is a pleasure to read. Regards, Kim Friedman.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandi Ryan
>Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:47 AM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The job of a proofreader is...
>
>
>Hi Ann and All,
>
>I agree with you about the duties of a proofreader but, as a scanner,
>I'd
>like to add my two cents about scanner duties, too.
>
>If you're scanning a book, you are the person who first offers the book
>to
>the collection. Someone, with or without a copy of the book you submit,
>
>will have to read through it and decide whether you've done a good job.
>
>When I scan, I scan the book as quickly as possible, making sure every
>few
>pages that everything is going well. Then I sit down with the book,
>move
>page numbers to the top, strip the headers, put title, chapters, etc. in
>
>appropriate fonts, make sure ellipses and dashes conform to Bookshare
>format, and read the book to find and correct scannos. Even if I am
>holding
>the book for a proofreader I know is meticulous I do these things.
>There is
>still plenty for them to do, but I try to let them proofread for
>pleasure
>more than to find my pesky errors. Many errors can be found and
>corrected
>quickly throughout a book. Those that can't I find by reading every
>word in
>the book.
>
>Do I love every book I read? No, but I've found a lot of books I really
>
>like that I wouldn't have picked up except to put them in the Bookshare
>collection. I've learned about lots of things, and I truly love the
>work I
>do.
>
>Scanning each book takes me two days to two weeks, depending on the
>length
>and the pleasure factor.
>
>Hopefully, when a proofreader gets one of my books, he or she can do a
>quick
>read-through and feel comfortable that the book is ready. But I count
>on
>the proofreader to make sure I haven't missed errors. The purpose of
>two
>people touching the book is making it as near perfect as possible.
>
>Okay, I'm out of the closet!
>
>Sandi
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:14 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The job of a proofreader is...
>
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm writing because I just sent off a quality report about a book I'm
>> reading. Oh, I'm going to finish the book, it's part of a series I'm
>> reading, but I have a really hard and knotty question to ask
>volunteers.
>>
>> Here it is, folks. Is it the job of a proofer to actually *read* a
>> book,
>> or can a proofer get away with checking title and so on, and then just
>
>> pushing the book through?
>>
>> If you answered that you thought you could get away with just checking
>> metadata, you'd be wrong, wrong three times over. This book I'm
>reading,
>> Divided Allegiance by Elizabeth Moon, has a wonderful title page and
>front
>> piece. Then, I started actually *reading* the blessed thing. Well, I
>
>> wasn't reading it, my DTBM was. Anyway, this book's quality was only
>> good. There were a million scanos including the mangling of the main
>> character's name. Do you know how aggravating it can be when your
>main
>> character, mentioned about ten times per page has her name mangled
>five
>> out of those ten times? Scannos like 'ff' for 'if' and garbage chars
>at
>> the end of pages.
>>
>> <frowning darkly> There is no excuse for this kind of sloppiness.
>> Why do
>> you think it takes me weeks to proof a book? It's because I actually
>read
>> every, single, word in the whole blessed book! I have allowed a book
>to
>> be sent up after reading half or so of it, but only once. That was
>> because the scanner was known to me, the book I had read so far had
>been
>> aeror free, and I knew that the quality would be the same throughout!
>If
>> I proof, I read. All this stuff could have been easily fixed!
><grrrrr>
>> Sorry for ranting guys, but I devoutly hope that my rant has stopped
>any
>> lazy proofers in their tracks and caused them to reexamine their work.
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
>> --
>> Ann K. Parsons
>> Portal Tutoring
>> EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> Skype: Putertutor
>>
>> "All that is gold does not glitter,
>> Not all those who wander are lost."
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