[stylist] who checks the details?

[loristay]

I was just reading a mystery in which the writer messed up and subbed the detective's name for the person who had done the crime.  I understand how it could happen, which is why a proofreader is a necessity.  Editors in publishing houses can miss things too, though.
One of my friends sent me a story she wrote in which some people during the depression played Scrabble.  The time period seemed wrong to me, so I got out my scrabble board, and sure enough, it was patented far later than her story took place.  She gave me a hard time about it, saying, "Who would notice this?  It doesn't matter."  I told her it did, so she switched the game to Monopoly.  I don't have a Monopoly board, but I think we checked it on the Net and that game was okay.  She had also introduced Barbie dolls way too early.  If I noticed it, probably a publishing house editor might also.  But if not, her readers surely would.
Lori

On Mar 18, 2010, at 10:43:18 AM, "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net> wrote:

From:   "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
Subject:    Re: [stylist] who checks the details?
Date:   March 18, 2010 10:43:18 AM EDT
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Hi Barbara,
Aren't they done by volunteers? I'm sure a blind friend of mine told me 
she was scanning in books for Bookshare and got a break on her annual 
membership for it.
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Barbara Hammel wrote:
> I downloaded a book from bookshare the other day and as I was reading, I found some glaring inconsistencies in facts in the book. Once before I read a book that changed someone's hair color once. Who checks those kinds of things? Do they still read the books thoroughly before sending them to press? I'm just curious because that looks bad for the author when someone lets things slip that you miss.
> Barbara
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> A Congress that will always do its work in the dark must have something to hide. The people have spoken, yet they do not listen.
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