[bksvol-discuss] Re: released book(s)
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:56:36 -0500
HarperTorch seems to have horrid copy editing. Finding lots of that kind of
stuff in the book I'm about to upload. Unfortunately, it's all there in black
and white.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 7:54 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: released book(s)
They are hard to find unless one is reading word for
word and has a sense that the sentence would read more
smoothly if a word were present--e.g., "she looked the
window"--if someone were reading and not scanning,
they might feel that the sentence should read,
depending on the context, "she looked in the window,"
or "she looked out the window,"--or even "she looked
out of the window." One wouldn't know which of the two
latter sentences the book has unless one has the book,
but it probably doesn't matter. On the other hand "she
looked the window" is a bit awkward, although the
reader can probably fill it in him/herself from the
context.
Cindy
--- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The problem too is that ranked spelling can't help
> with the missing word
> issue; too often neither the submitter or the
> validator finds these either.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 2:21 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: released book(s)
>
>
> > Hi, Cindy. That is one thing about ranked
> spelling. It works just like a
> > regular spellchecker would in that, if it is a
> word, even though it may
> > not
> > be the correct one, ranked spelling won't pick it
> up any more than a
> > spellchecker would. It is a computer, after all,
> and can't determine those
> > kinds of things through the context, so it just
> checks the words
> > themselves,
> > and if it's correct as far as words go, it doesn't
> get included. Take
> > care.
> > Julie Morales
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:52 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] released book(s)
> >
> >
> > I think Kaitlyn is one of our list members, so
> maybe
> > she will tell us if she wants it back. True, Mike,
> it
> > was only 5 days from one time to another, but the
> last
> > one did say time elapsed.
> >
> > Another problem with re-scanning sometimes, I
> think,
> > is the book itself--and who does the re-scan,
> i.e.,
> > with what equipment. The book I'm almost finished
> with
> > now is a paperback with yellowed pages. Unless one
> has
> > a really good scanner--and probably that's the
> > Kurzweil-- a recan might not come out any better.
> >
> > I have another question about the K, brought about
> by
> > The Last Express, which I recently fixed and
> uploaded.
> > Does ranked spelling catch words that are spelled
> > correctly but are not the right words for the
> context,
> > e.g., "lap" instead of "lab" or "he" when the word
> > should be "the", or the ubiquitous (correct word?)
> rn
> > for m as morn for mom? Also, does it catch words
> with
> > spaces in the middle where they should not be,
> e.g.,
> > no thing instead of nothing or con verse instead
> of
> > converse? If not, a 99.7 ranked spelling doesn't
> > necessarily mean excellent. The Whistling Hangman
> had
> > a lot of those errors, as did Cass Timberlane;
> > otherwise, the text had very few scannos.
> >
> > I'll wait awhile to see if anyone takes Transit of
> > Venus to reject and rescan--or if Kaitlyn is still
> > working on it and takes it back. Otherwise I'll
> take
> > it; if it's too bad and Im not enjoying it, I'll
> > reject and anounce here so someone can re-scan if
> they
> > want.
> >
> > In the meantime, by just providing a couple of
> missing
> > pages, or missing lines, I'm finding books that
> are so
> > interesting (so far, Mickey, I'm enjoying the
> > Lamplighter, though the philosophy professor's
> lexture
> > chapter wasn't so interesting) that I'm keeping
> the
> > books to read myself. Ijust picked up Mao's Last
> > Dancer which the librarian told me has received
> > excellent reviews, and which looks very readable,
> just
> > fromlooking at a few insdie pages.
> >
> > So many books, so little time--I better start
> > exercising and eating better so I can live long
> enough
> > to read them all (smile).
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> >
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