[stylist] who checks the details?

Sun Mar 21 04:59:54 UTC 2010

naturally he must have a beard, a very trim and well cared for beard.
it fits him.
jc

At 09:33 PM 4/7/2007, you wrote:
>Hey guys just chiming in on this a little late. When rereading my 
>railroad story with Glen I noticed that in some places he had a 
>beard and in some places he didn't. Now I have to decide whether he 
>does or doesn't. Funny how things just slip by us that's why we have editors.
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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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