Cindy, I'm assuming your talking about Copyediting and Proofreading. I want to say a huge thank you for doing this. It was going to be extremely difficult for me to do by myself, and impossible, after the book had to go back to the library.
Thanks, Melissa Smith On 3/12/2010 3:06 PM, Cindy wrote:
It might take time, but I'll proof anything, no matter how bad, if I can get the book and if I know the person has a good reason for having submitted a bad scan, i.e., Julia.. smile The text condition doesn't bother me. Formatting, if the print book isn't, causes me to silently curse--and at the moment, the font size. There are so many different headings on each page n the book I'm proofing now it's taken me a while to decide which font to use for which; I finally wrote down the order, remembering 20, 18, 16, 14 ( since I I couldn't remember from one page to the next what I'd decided. now, although there are a lot of scannos because of the size of the page and the text pring, I should be able to make somewhat speedy progress. smileCindyWish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites belowWish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+ListBooks Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List--- On *Fri, 3/12/10, Monica Willyard /<rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>/* wrote: From: Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I have a question please and thank you. To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 5:49 AM Just a comment that may not be obvious here... Sometimes a submitter rates a book as good if he or she knows it is a raw scan. I like it when they do that because the proofreader knows more about what's involved in working on the book. Julia has been planning on moving and has a massive amount of books she's scanned. Since the new home only has access to slow dial-up internet service, several of us have urged her to upload what she has scanned so Bookshare will have benefit of the books. She has flagged them as good so people will know that they'll need to do more proofreading with her books. Some will be in great shape. Others won't, and sadly, a few might not be able to be approved at all. Newer volunteers, especially ones who are also learning to use their computer at the same time, should probably skip these books for now. Working on books rated excellent will help newer volunteers get comfortable with proofreading without added confusion. Julia is a nice person to work with, and she'll do her best to answer questions about her books. Like most of us, her scans have gotten better over the past couple of years. I see progress and skill with each new scan. I'm hopeful that we'll see several of her books in the collection soon. (smile) Monica Willyard Check out my books and accessible book lists on Goodreads at http://www.goodreads.com/profile/plumlipstick
