[bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearl by Tabitha King
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 01:21:19 -0700 (PDT)
Me, too. I'll be happy to correct errors in any book I validate.
Cindy
--- On Thu, 8/7/08, Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearl by Tabitha King
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, August 7, 2008, 10:31 PM
> Hi Carrie,
>
> I would like to know if the books that I submit or
> validate are less
> than perfect, please. Still always looking for the best
> that I can do.
>
> Another Deranged Perfectionist!
> Mayrie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Carrie Karnos
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 7:21 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearl by Tabitha King
>
> Hi gang,
>
> Just to set the record straight, probably 80% of the books
> that I approve
> with an excellent rating have got a few junk characters or
> scannos in them.
> But since the vast majority of pages are fine, I let the
> errors go. Amber
> just re-edited and re-uploaded Pearl to the approval queue.
> The book is
> much better, it doesn't have nearly the number of junk
> characters that it
> did before, but because Amber wanted to be told if there
> were any other junk
> characters, I'm going through the book with a
> fine-tooth comb, looking for
> any and all errors. I'm on page 86 out of 350 and I
> have found 13 errors so
> far. Most of them are trivial, but since she wanted to
> know, I'm doing this
> for her. If I return all books that have any errors at all
> in them, I'd be
> returning 80% of the approved books for more editing. Do
> you all want this?
> Do you want 100% perfect books? I try to make the
> bestsellers perfect, but
> I'm a deranged perfectionist, as we all know.
> How's this for a compromise? If you're happy with
> me letting some errors go
> through with your books, no need to say anything. If you
> want me to return
> your books for more editing if I find over,... let's
> say 10, errors, then
> tell me you want me to do a super-check of your books. It
> will require lots
> more work on both your part and on my part, so think
> carefully before you
> sign up for this.
> [I have to say at this point that there are several
> validators who always
> upload books with fewer than 10 errors. Whenever I see
> their names, I
> breathe a sigh of relief because I know their books will
> have no junk
> characters, no scannos, no missing pages, no duplicate
> pages, no unwieldy
> font sizes, no weird formatting, no messed-up fractions or
> charts or maps,
> just page after page of beautiful text. Dave Russell,
> Marilyn Beasley, our
> summer intern Shuqiao Song, the tag team of Louise Gourdoux
> and Jim Baugh -
> and I'm sure there are others who I can't think of
> right now. They all do
> beautiful work.]
>
> Carrie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Ann McCay <annmccay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 10:34:51 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearl by Tabitha King
>
>
> I would have wanted, as a submitter, to be told, and
> I'd certainly have
> wanted to fix the book. I would have been upset if I were
> not given that
> option and everybody else's weight into not having the
> submitter have the
> option to work with the problem was what had been done.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Carrie Karnos
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:22 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearl by Tabitha King
>
>
> Hi Sue,
>
> When I return a book for more editing, I have 2 options. I
> can return the
> book that the original person submitted, or I can return
> the validated copy.
> 99% of the time I return the validated copy, retaining all
> the changes that
> the validator made. Only when the validator deletes all the
> page breaks in a
> book (as happened last week) or when the validator deletes
> some pages or
> something drastic like that, do I return the original book
> from the
> submitter. Given that I can retain all the validation
> changes, would you
> like me to return the book for more editing?
> Looks like there are 2 votes for more editing, and no votes
> for the other
> options. This means I should be even more fussy than I
> already am. That's
> fine with me, I would rather allow only well-validated
> books into the
> collection, but I'm afraid that the volunteer group
> will start a mutiny if I
> return 3 out of every 10 books in the approval queue
> instead of 1 out of
> every 10 books like I do now (I'm guessing at these
> numbers - I haven't kept
> track, to be honest). Okay, unless I hear otherwise, I will
> go into
> super-fussy mode :-)
>
> Carrie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 8:48:41 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearl by Tabitha King
>
>
>
> Hi Carrie,
>
> I woould vote against returning it for more editing since
> the copy kicked
> back would be the submitter's work only, not the book
> after validation.
>
> Therefore, may I make another suggestion? Could you return
> the book to Step
> 1 in the RTF file that was uploaded to the approval queue,
> with a comment
> telling what is wrong and requesting more editing?
>
> Just my thoughts,
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Carrie Karnos <mailto:ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 5:10 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearl by Tabitha King
>
> I changed the book rating from excellent to good when I
> approved it because
> there are some junk characters on some pages (like the very
> last page in the
> book). If there were just a few junk characters, I'd
> leave it as excellent.
> If there were loads, I'd return it for more editing.
> This book was right on
> the fence. So my question to the group is: what do you want
> me to do when a
> book has some junk characters, more than a few but less
> than loads? The
> choices are:
> 1) leave it as excellent
> 2) return it for more editing
> 3) change the rating to good
> Have I missed another option?
> What's your vote?
>
> Thanks! Carrie
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, August 8, 2008 8:03:40 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Pearl by Tabitha King
>
>
> Hi all:
> Did anyone on this list validate Pearl by Tabitha King? I
> worked really
> hard on it, and I noticed it had a "good" rating,
> instead of an "excellent"
> rating. Does anyone know why? I always want to improve my
> scans and I'm
> baffled why this gets a "good" rating. It has a
> lot of dialogue but that's
> all I can think of.
> Thanks.
> Amber
> Book blog:
> http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/
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