[bksvol-discuss] Re: my two cents worth so far on proofreadingRE: Re: questions please and thank you delete if don't like how I write.
- From: "gwen tweedy" <gstweedy@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 06:37:45 -0600
No way would I proof read things I hated it would drive me nuts. I'd say you go
your own pace and do what a person can when a person can.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Friedman
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 3:10 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: my two cents worth so far on proofreadingRE:
Re: questions please and thank you delete if don't like how I write.
Hi, Gwen, so far I'm doing stuff I like. I've been hesitant of doing a lot of
proofreading because of all those downloaded files on my BrailleNote that I
haven't read yet for my own amusement. So here I am with one more book. What is
this? I have to proofread a book with a deadline hanging over my head in order
to get the job done? (disgusted feeling) Actually, I know those other books are
there for me, but so far I haven't proofread anything I hate. After all I
agreed to do it, and if one agrees to something, one should stick it out and
finish what one starts, unless one tells the other person: "I don't want to
read any more of this book." I'm thinking if I fell asleep every time I tried
to go through the thing, I'd release it, hoping somebody else will give it a
good going-over. If I hated it, I probably wouldn't be reading it in the first
place. (The only times one is stuck with that is if one is doing a class
assignment and the turgid thing is the required book or article. Regards, the
still inexperienced but progressing Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gwen tweedy
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:07 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: my two cents worth so far on proofreadingRE:
Re: questions please and thank you delete if don't like how I write.
I think this is good.
I think a scanner ought to know what is going on at all times if possible.
Sometimes it's just the not knowing that can be frustrating.
I don't care how long a book takes as long as I know what is happening and
what I can do to make it better.
Contrary to what a lot of people have gathered, I'd rather be told about my
book than be left hanging, that drives me crazy to be left hanging.
I'd rather have a flat out rejection than the hanging or even if somebody
can't do it for whatever reason, say so, don't let me go on my book months
later and find them just sitting there just because somebody couldn't tell me,
reject it get it o ut of the way, but I'd rather not be left hanging nor my
books be left hanging.
Working on them is one thing, but taking them, and never letting me know why
they were put back,
if I were a proofer I wouldn't do that.
I'd let you know such and so was wrong, right now I couldn't do it, gonna let
somebody else take it any reason will do, but limbo I can't handle.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kim Friedman
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 9:54 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] my two cents worth so far on proofreadingRE: Re:
questions please and thank you delete if don't like how I write.
Hi, Lynn, Gwen, and anybody else who reads this, I know I don't have a lot
of experience, but one thing I didn't do on my last book was use the
spell-checker. I don't know why that was, but I thought I'd listen to the text
and follow along using my BrailleNote. One thing I decided to do was be
cautious in what I did. What I decided to do was take note of names, words,
etc. and if I saw a word spelled the same way more than once and if I could
conclude that the spelling was what was supposed to be there, I wouldn't mess
with it. This is especially true when you're reading science fiction or fantasy
literature. Proper names, names for things, plants, etc. were bound to be out
of the common way and the computer wouldn't know about that. I think there's
where it helps for the proofreader to write the submitter to verify if the
surmise is correct. Maybe my way is slower, but I think I prefer to read every
word of a text and communicate with a submitter to make sure that what I'm
reading is what is supposed to be in the text. Regards, a cautious Kim Friedman.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lynn I
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:49 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: questions please and thank you delete if
don't like how I write.
Hi Gwen!
In answer to your first question, initially people could scan and proofread
their own books. However, I think the policy of having someone else proofread
is a good one. I sometimes tend to be a contextual reader. I believe having
someone else proofread allows for an opportunity to catch things I did not.
*smile*
My only negative experience with this policy has been when a proofreader
relied on spell check and changed spellings of proper names and some terms that
were intended to be spelled as they were.
Blessings.
Lynnsky
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of gwen tweedy
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 8:47 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] questions please and thank you delete if don't
like how I write.
I'm wondering if there are people who have no trouble submitting books
their books are always excepted no matter what.
Why couldn't they be allowed to scan and proof their own books if they so
desired?
Question 2:
Why can't a scanner at least be allowed to clear their book lists so they
can start over with no books pending?
Thanks
Gwen
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