[bksvol-discuss] Re: quality
- From: "Rui Cabral" <rui@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 18:47:39 -0400
Hi Susan:
Don't worry, you and David aren't alone. There are many of us here who want
the collection to be of high quality.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Susan Lumpkin" <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 6:43 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: When to Reject!!
> David, I do the same and it's nice to know someone else does as well. Have
a good weekend.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> .From: "David"<davidc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> .Sent: 8/27/04 3:35:20 PM
> .To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> .Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: When to Reject!!
> .
> .I guess I am a little insane. I actually use a spell checker on the books
> .which I am validating and do my best to bring them up to excellent
quality.
> .
> .David
> .
> .
> .-----Original Message-----
> .From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> .[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Pietruk
> .Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 11:53 AM
> .To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> .Subject: [bksvol-discuss] When to Reject!!
> .
> .
> .I am now validating a novel on which I have to decide whether the text is
> .readable enough or not. The book is all there, I can follow the story,
> .but there are a lot of words scrambled and missing. Where does one draw
> .the line between accepting it as a fair book or canning it?
> .It has been sitting in the pool for a couple of months with no one
> .touching it. The book is scanned by a frequent contributor though this
> .particular book doesn't come up to what has been done by this individual
> .in the past.
> .
> .I could easily return it to the pool; but this likely would place the
book
> .in limbo for who knows how long?
> .
> .So, how poor does fair text have to be to be bad text?
> .
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