[bksvol-discuss] Re: rejected "Flash Flood" by Diann Mills
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:54:29 -0700 (PDT)
Dan,
No, you aren't too wordy. Of course, I tend to be, so
perhaps I don't recognize wordiness when I see it.
grin.
If lack of page breaks are the main problem, someone
like me, who fortunately has sight and perhaps can
obtain the book, can fix the book easily. Also
mis-spelled words,if you're listening and not seeing
or using braille (I don't know how Braille works,
actually, as to finding mis-spelled words) can present
a problem because you can't tell they're mis-spelled
if they sound correct. Again,it's something that with
sight can fix easily with a global replace--if one is
careful (I've made some mistakes I've had to go back
and undo, because words were changed to the wrong
thing--I've learned to be very careful).
Thus it's good, as E said (and I really appreciate
your nice note about what she wrote, because you hit
her style right on the nose--she doesn't mean to sound
the way she sometimes does, and she has become aware
of it and has tried to soften her posts--and when
they're misunderstood, she apologizes/explains, as she
did) to post here before rejecting. There are some
genres I don't really enjoy validating but will do if
it seems necessary--which is good experience because I
sometimes learn that I was wrong and I come to enjoy
them--and others that I have learned that I will not
enjoy, or I cannot obtain the book, and so I won't do.
Well, I guess I've given you an example of true
wordiness. I apologize. smile
Cindy
--- Dan Beaver <dbeaver@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok, let me see if I can help you all help me be a
> better validator.
>
> E, I appreciate your candor. In the environment in
> which I work for
> employment I have had to learn to recognize concern
> over abruptness and
> the like and so I simply received your statements as
> attempting to help me
> do a better job. thanks for that.
>
> Ok, let's see...
>
> I use Microsoft Word as the editor to do my
> validating. I do not have any
> of the tools like OpenBook or Kurzweil.
>
> When I validate I do make a lot of spelling
> corrections if they are
> obvious. If there is any question I leave them as
> is.
>
> the 2 books I have rejected so far have had a large
> number of missing page
> breaks. I have followed Jake's tips and have looked
> for section breaks
> first Once it is clear that those are where page
> breaks should be I have
> converted them to page breaks. These books have had
> well over 200 pages
> but only approximately half as many page breaks.
> When reading through the
> text I noticed that between the existing page breaks
> there is nothing to
> indicate where a page break should be placed. I
> looked for things like
> page header/footers or page numbers or even multiple
> blank lines. None of
> those were found.
>
> In the books I have approved I also found many
> missing page breaks but
> they had page headers/footers and page numbers that
> I could use to know
> where the breaks should be located. those books
> also had approximately
> half the page breaks missing.
>
> When I am validating if I notice patterns of
> commonly misspelled words
> occuring repeatedly I do use global find and replace
> actions to fix all of
> those misspellings.
>
> Does this help? I hope I wasn't too wordy.
>
> Thanks all.
>
> Dan Beaver
> IBM Global Services Lexington
> outside: 1-859-243-3411
> tie-line: 8-545-3411
>
>
>
> "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> What are you using to validate books? I mean are
> you using Word, or k1000
>
> or what? What you use tells us what tools you have.
> k1000 has a
> wonderful
> set of tools for dealing with scanning errors.
>
> Please let us know what kind of scanning erros you
> are encountering. Many
>
> can be fixed with careful use of find and replace
> commands. For instance
> cornmand can be replaced by command and cornputer
> with computer. "1 have"
>
> can be replaced with "I have" and so on. Often
> something which seems
> littered with error can be cleaned.
>
> The kind of errors and scanning problems which are
> much more troublesome
> to
> fix are repeated cutting off of ends and beginnings
> of lines while
> scanning.
>
> E.
>
> At 05:45 PM 6/7/2006, you wrote:
>
>
> >Wow! there are tools that will actually handle
> those kind of
> >probloems? Ok, one more ticki mark on the wall of
> things to handle
> >differently.
> >
> >Thanks for the ensight.
> >
> >Dan Beaver
> >IBM Global Services Lexington
> >outside: 1-859-243-3411
> >tie-line: 8-545-3411
> >
> >
> >"E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> >06/07/2006 05:32 PM
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> >To
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> >Subject
> >[bksvol-discuss] Re: rejected "Flash Flood" by
> Diann Mills
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Please, if you find a book like that with a lot of
> scano typing errors,
> put
> >it back on step 1. A lot of correcting can be done
> on just those kinds
> of
> >errors with k1000. You may want to talk about your
> reasons for rejecting
> a
> >book on this list before actually rejecting it.
> Then, you may find you
> can
> >release certain books for others to work on who
> have access to tools you
> >may not have.
> >
> >E.
> >
> >
> >At 05:13 PM 6/7/2006, you wrote:
> >
> >
> > > I really hate rejecting books.
> > >
> > >I rejected this one because it has lots and lots
> of misspellings due to
> > >scanning errors. It also has lots of page breaks
> missing due to
> scanning
> > >double pages without being in double page
> scanning mode. there is no
> way
> > >to tell where those missing breaks should be
> placed.
> > >
> > >Whoever submitted it originally do so again and
> I'll be happy to
> validate
> > >it again.
> > >
> > >Thanks.
> > >
> > >Dan Beaver
> > >IBM Global Services Lexington
> > >outside: 1-859-243-3411
> > >tie-line: 8-545-3411
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