[stylist] who checks the details?

[Barbara Hammel]

Yeah, one time in this story the mother's name was used when it was obvious 
that the daughter's name should have been used.
Barbara

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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> 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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>> 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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