[bksvol-discuss] Re: changing words in scanned file to agree with those print book
- From: "Martha Rafter" <mlhr@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2013 09:21:02 -0500
Oh my goodness, I wasn’t aware of this; what a crying shame! What’s the matter
with people of today? Preserving history is just that—preserving history, not
retelling history as someone thinks it ought to have been! Sorry for mouthing
off!
Marty
From: Valerie Maples
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 9:01 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: changing words in scanned file to agree with
those print book
Dear Cindy;
When I am using a different version of the book, I do not change anything,
especially something as significant as a recurring item. I don't even change
the copyright page in circumstances like that. I have often found that revised
books do not in the end resemble originals. We are running into this with the
Nancy Drew mysteries. Until Jennifer told me there were two distinct series
with the same designation, I did not realize that it was not just an abridged
version, but actually two very different books. In the case of the Nancy Drew
mysteries, the originals are all 25 chapters and the revised versions are all
20 chapters. More importantly, however, is the fact that when they updated them
they did so to avoid any concerns of offending people by racial talk of the
period. To avoid any concerns, they simply remove people of color. If you ask
me, that's more offensive than leaving in dialect speech of mostly poor
working-class in the originals from the 30s. Anyway, they literally changed
some of the storylines, while keeping the same titles. They also changed
distinct characteristics and the age of Nancy between the two versions.
So I guess I'm saying if you can't prove from the exact copy, you might have
lots of problems. That was why we couldn't do more of those books. Russ has
said that he's willing to ship the books so that people can work from an exact
copy, but it is still a massive undertaking as you are well aware. I really did
enjoy working on them, however so if my schedule ever lets up I would be glad
to work on another one in the future. In the meantime, we are tackling the
Nancy Drew's. Smiles.
Happy new year everyone!
Valerie
www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
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From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, January 3, 2013 12:44:22 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] changing words in scanned file to agree with those
print book
I asked some time ago if I should change vocabulary words in the file I'm
proofing to agree with the words in the print book I'm using as an aid in
proofing, to put in page breaks. I asked because in the file a car is referred
to as a Pontiac but in the print book it is a Packard. I was told not to change
the word; to keep what is in the file. But I have to change all the prefatory
pages, since I'm using a different edition (neither edition has an ISBN
number) so why wouldn't I change the file to match the print book? The
copyright date is the same but the editions are different Presumably the author
revised the book and updated the language and words for the new edition.
I've done that before; one book I did had considerable changes because the time
period in which the action took place was considerably different in the
scanned copy and the print copy I was using.
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