[bksvol-discuss] Re: the story of a proofer
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 06:04:48 -0800
Hi, Tracy, I take your point, but I have talked to some submitters who have
experienced the depredations of "jiffy proofreaders". Now maybe you are
meticulous and you read every word of a book you proofread and you're very
careful because you might write the submitter informing what you've done and
asking questions if you're stuck. I don't know how long you've been a
proofreader, but if you are meticulous, I don't see why you should be
offended. I'm thinking this is not and neither should this be an adversarial
relationship between submitters and proofreaders. We want scans with
readable texts which aren't garbled. I think what we want is the same thing,
i.e., excellent quality books in the Bookshare collection. Regards, Kim
Friedman.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 5:17 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the story of a proofer
I take offense at this notion that only certain select people are "reliable"
proofers. I never get "hold fors", which is fine by me. It doesn't mean
I'm just some careless jiffy-proofer. I understand submitters don't want
the careless proofers, but I think there are a lot more reliable folks out
there than some people seem to think. It just smells to me like in-crowd
foolishness.
Tracy
> People can only have five books in their queue at any given time. So,
> if someone didn't have room, the book might conceivably sit for longer
> than two weeks. Right now, that isn't a problem. The people I work
> with take books of mine in a timely fashion. However, once the new
> policy is implemented, books might be taken by unreliable proofers. If
> this is the case, I will be reluctant to submit as often as I
> currently do.
>
> Yes. You have proofread for me, and I'm very grateful for the work you do.
>
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> From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 9:56 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the story of a proofer
>
>
> Hi Shannon!
>
> I really understand what you're saying about having a good
> relationship with a proofreader and how important that is. I've
> proofread your books--at least two or three of them, and I think we've
> worked well together.
>
> However, I'm not understanding comments on this thread that express a
> concern about the "holds" being for two weeks effecting the number of
> books you or others would be able to submit. The change in the "holds"
> just means you'd have two weeks to download the book from the time it
> was placed on the check out list. It doesn't mean that you couldn't
> renew it--I renew a book all the time.
>
> Could you please clarify how this would be a negative?
>
> Blessings.
>
> Lynnsky
>
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