[bksvol-discuss] Re: publisher quality--a real disappointment!
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:57:26 -0700 (PDT)
I had that feeling before. When we volunteers do books, most of us are very
careful. I don't know really what publishers are sending us--books that have
gone through a proofreading anf editing process before publication, or
something else. I've had books from the library that were missing pages. In
one case, the whole first 7 or 8 pages were missing. I had a friend send me the
missing pages so I could know what went on before the beginning of the story.
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Thu, 8/13/09, Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] publisher quality--a real disappointment!
To: "Bkvol" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 8:54 PM
Well I pulled down my 1st pq book today. I expected to se, uh, well,
publisher quality. What I'm seeing is lots of words run together,
sometimes 3 at once, which makes it a rather difficult & tedious
reading experience. Somehow the eutopia of perfect books is exploding
in our faces, & I can only wonder why. I hate to say it, but it surely
seems as though the volunteer-submitted books are often better.
I'm not complaining--I love it that publishers are giving books to
us--but I'm wondering why these problems? Surely a spellcheck would
have picked them up. & now that the book is in the collection, is
there anything at all that can be done to improve the quality?
Folks, this is beyond sad! Ok, yall, rant over. I'll shut up now.
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