[bksvol-discuss] Re: Funny Scanno
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:23:27 -0700
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.
> >>
> >> --
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> >> http://www.portaltutoring.info
> >> "All that is gold does not glitter,
> >> Not all those who wander are lost."
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