[stylist] who checks the details?

Thu Mar 18 20:01:52 UTC 2010

Lori,
good catch!  I believe that Monopoly became popular during the 
depression, so if it were 1929, would not fit.  1937 Monopoly was 
being played.

in 93 I was in a graduate course and found the textbook had an 
error.  in this case it was obvious somebody had hit the wrong 
selection on a spell check suggestion menu.  don't remember the word.
jc

At 10:26 AM 3/18/2010, you wrote:
>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
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>On Mar 18, 2010, at 10:43:18 AM, "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net> wrote:
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>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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