Re: [Texascavers] Book editing and proofreading

2009-09-18 Thread Gill Edigar
All of that is perfectly true--as based on actual publications readily to hand. Still, it is completely fair for the reviewer to point out those shortcomings--and I would suggest expected as we should want an honest assessment. Just because a book is sloppily done does not mean that the reviewer (w

[Texascavers] Book editing and proofreading

2009-09-17 Thread Carl Kunath
Many caving publications are done with very low budgets. As a result, there is no staff of well-paid graphic artists and proofreaders standing by to take over when the manuscript and illustrations are plopped upon the publisher's desk. As a result, volunteer, non-professionals do the best they