I'll bet it would be an equal pleasure validating 1 of your longer scans, Girlfriend. On 1/28/08, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Booksharian Friends, > > My conscience won't let me get away with that blarney about making only 3 > mistakes in a book. What I said was true. What I didn't say was that the > book was an easy book for kids in lower grades, a very, very, short, walk in > the park kind of book! > > I catch as many scannoes as I can, but among my Booksharian friends, I'm way > down on the perfectionist continuum. That's why I'm scared to examine books > in the collection that I've worked on. Since I'm a well meaning volunteer > who is all too prone to miss errors crying out to be fixed, I don't feel > critical of others. > > Now you know the secret of my 3 mistake wonder scan, let me advise all of > you to grab a short children's book now and then. Easy books are great for > the morale! > > Always with love, > > Lissi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:37 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Funny Scanno > > > > Dear Ann, > > > > Validating slowly because you're reading every word may be taxing but it > > isn't thankless! > > > > I'm thanking you right now! I appreciate the effort you are putting in to > > your validations very much! > > > > I enjoy so many aspects of reading, time spent with new people in new > > places, the emotional journey, the author's style, every word of the book! > > It really distracts and interferes with the flow of the content when I > > stumble on one error after another, errors print readers don't have to > > contend with. > > > > Nine Coaches Waiting was a great read, but almost all of the French words, > > and they were many since the novel is set in France, were mangled! The > > hero's name was spelled at least 20 different ways! I was itching to BSO > > the book, knowing all the while I probably wouldn't because I have a stack > > of books that rises through the stratosphere in mind to scan and validate. > > > > The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night was a fabulous book, dramatic > > and a unique view of the way an autistic teenager might perceive the > > world, but the boy was a math genius and almost all of the numbers > > including the page numbers were wrong, mixed, missing or misrepresented in > > some way. The boy often talked about math but I couldn't follow any of his > > explanations of formulas etc. because they were randomly and always > > incorrectly reproduced. The text in this book was admirably correct, but > > numbers were important and they were unreadable as was the code for the > > mathematical operations being illustrated. > > > > The spell checker wouldn't catch the math mistakes, and the validator > > probably ignored it when the spell checker said the French words were > > wrong. Had these books been read through, the submittor or validator would > > have fixed the French and math or passed the books on to people familiar > > enough with French and math to prepare them accurately. > > > > Believe me, Ann, whenever I read a crisp, accurate book, I am thanking the > > validator and submittor on every page! I'm currently reading Heart Shaped > > Box, depressing and scary, but suspenseful and a tribute to Bookshare at > > its best because it's only a few molecules shy of perfect. It's a New York > > Times submission so Carrie is the one to thank, Carrie or just maybe > > another staffer who prepared this horror novel the horror group will be > > discussing at the end of this month. > > > > When I work on a book, I keep books like Heart Shaped Box in mind, doing > > my level best, word by word, to make the book I will be uploading as close > > to its perfection as Possible. > > > > Ann, you and I aren't the only ones who work so hard on books. Jackie > > validated one of my scans and in friendship and fun, wrote to me that I > > put an apostrophe for a quote, missed a quote and had a slash for a comma, > > and those were the only mistakes. Just think. She read the whole book word > > by word to find those errors. Jill, Susan L. Cat Lover Lori, and, of > > course, Evan, are just as meticulous. There are other validators just as > > careful who I can't name because I haven't gone through the process with > > them, but I know they are out there every time I read a nearly error free > > book. > > > > The work is worth it, Ann! Keep it up! > > > > Keep up the interesting and entertaining posts, too. I feel much more > > capable of taking on the world knowing Athena sprang from Zeus's forehead! > > > > Always with love, > > > > Lissi > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 9:20 AM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Funny Scanno > > > > > >> Hi all, > >> > >> Wow, Cindy4, didn't realize that the book had been in the collection. > >> The problem is that a spell checker wouldn't catch rabies as opposed to > >> rubies because both words are spelled correctly. An excellent reason for > >> reading your validations. that is why, for example, that it is taking me > >> so long to validate books. I'm doing one currently which has all the > >> headers, but no page numbers in it. I'm forced to place the numbers in > >> myself. Also, the dingdong chapter headings aren't available either. > >> Man, this is sometimes a thankless job. <smiling> My other problem is > >> that this particular author is boring, boring, boring, boring! His > >> imagery is trite. His info is sometimes wrong, he talks about Juno > >> springing fully grown from the forhead of Zeus. That, my friends, is a > >> major gaff in his knowledge of Greek mythology. It wasn't Juno or Hera > >> it was Athena, Zeus' daughter who sprung fully grown from the forehead of > >> Zeus. <sigh> Juno goes with Jupiter, (Roman pantheom) Hera goes with > >> Zeus, (Greek pantheon)! <grumble, grumble> His plot lines are staid and > >> stodgey and as predictable as taxes. His constant harping on religious > >> conversion is getting old fast! If y'all who are Christians and wanting > >> Christian mystery fiction, you're welcome to this guy Box. But I could > >> write better stuff. Hmmm, maybe I should try. I could probably do > >> better than this guy, no way is he in line for the Golden Dagger or > >> anything else. Sorry, folks, but this is the one disadvantage of good > >> validating. If you don't like the book, it's a bit squeaky. > >> > >> Hope on, hope ever. > >> > >> Ann P. > >> > >> -- > >> Ann K. Parsons > >> Portal Tutoring > >> EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >> http://www.portaltutoring.info > >> "All that is gold does not glitter, > >> Not all those who wander are lost." > >> > >> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. 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