[bksvol-discuss] Re: inaccuracy in a history
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 13:58:14 -0400 (EDT)
I totally agree. If a book is wrong, we have to leave it wrong. Even if
the author wrote "she" for "he", we have to leave it alone. We're not
editors; we're proofreaders, or copyists, in that our job is to make the
Bookshare text match the print text as best we can, even if the print text
is flawed.
Tracy
> I think we're not supposed to make any changes from the way the
> author wrote it whether we agree with him or her or not. I wonder
> what others think.
>
> Bud
>
> At 10:44 AM 6/22/2006, you wrote:
>>I have been working on the Routledge Historical Atlas of Religion in
>>America, and I have a weird situation. The book was scanned very
>>well, at it appears that the text is complete. However, I found
>>some factual inaccuracies in one chapter of this book. Now I don't
>>want to spur religious attacks, but it is very important to get the
>>story straight. This wasn't a case of misspelling a name. The
>>authors inaccurately represented an event and individuals
>>involved. Now, I don't know everything about all religions, but
>>this makes me wonder if there are other inaccuracies that I wouldn't
>>know about. I have never seen this as a reason to reject a book,
>>but as I said when it comes to something that is supposed to be a
>>history, the story must be right. Any recommendations?
>>
>>Kasondra Payne
>>
>>
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>
> Bud Schwab
> W 6 Z Y P
> Malibu, California
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