Lori is right about some books being easier to work on than others. Some people proofread their books before submitting. Others seem to think their books are like spaghetti ... you throw it all up there and see if any of it sticks. If you are new to validating, I urge you to take books rated excellent and to look for people who are known to do careful scans. You can safely take on books scanned by Shelley Rhodes, Carrie Karnos, Mayrie ReNae, Jamie Yates, Dan Beavers, or Jim Baugh. We have many other careful submitters. I just know for a fact that these people currently have at least one book in the validation pool.
And Lori, you can proofread rtf files in Openbook if you aren't ready to switch to Word. (smile) The only ones where you'd have trouble are Carrie's books because Openbook doesn't handle section breaks correctly.
Monica Willyard Lori Castner wrote:
Dear Siobhan <mailto:littlesailorgirl@xxxxxxxxxxx>,Don't be discouraged! It sounds like you chose a poorly scanned book for your first attempt. There are many clearer scans to tempt you! There are submitters who do not check through their scans, I guess. We can't always figure out the words that should be there. It is difficult to reject a book, but sometimes it is necessary. I had to reject three books last week, and I do admit to being a bit discouraged. I have enjoyed validating the .ark files, but I will be switching to .rft files soon and am not as comfortable editing in word, which is what I have decided to do, I think. But, give it another try! As others have suggested, you might want to start with a shorter book and one by a submitter who does cleaner scans--I don't know who to recommend though as I am still somewhat new to volunteering. Cat Lover Lori----- Original Message ----- *From:* Siobhan <mailto:littlesailorgirl@xxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 21, 2007 5:25 PM *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] movig on E I don't know if you dislike romances or not, but that's how it sounded in your message. I've rejected it, someone else can give it a shot, and that's it. Thanks for the help. I don't know f I'll bother doing this again.
