Trial readers for my book

[Jonathan Orovitz <73627.3020@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Earl (and list),

Earl writes:
>>Well, I, for one, would be interested in helping you out for only a small
>>charge (an autographed copy of the book?)
>>I have a degree in English and have done a good deal of editing for computer
>>manuals, student papers and even a book of magic tricks.  
>>
Thanks for generous offer.  Consider the autograph to be yours, and my undying
appreciation.  I cannot commit to free copies of a book until I figure out how I
am going to get it published.  In an ideal world, I would run off a hundred
copies myself and sell them at the next NSA convention, for $30 or less.  At
this time, I have no earthly basis on which to set the price.

BTW, Joel, and Dr. George, your diskettes are in the mail.  Bob A., your zip
file is waiting at you CIS account.

>>So, I can edit SOME for accuracy of 3-D info.  I can edit a LOT for clarity
>>and style.
>>
>>Let me know.

>>One tip - try reading the text aloud.  That will help catch many structural
>>errors that look fine in print.  

Thanks for the tip.   The book is aimed at people who are interested in 3-D
photography but don't know where to start.   Right now I am more interested in
getting technical feedback than a thorough proofreading.  I would like the draft
to be read by several folks with differing levels of 3-D expertise.  If a large
number of trial readers think its crap, I won't try to publish. 

I have "Monologue for Windows" on my computer and it will happily read the whole
thing back to me.  

In some ways, the writing effort has already paid off.  I excerpted some
chapters and used them for "life experience" paper to earn college credit.  The
"How to Take Stereo Pictures" paper got me three credits, as did a paper on
color printing.  I am waiting on"The Physics of Light in Photography."

>>Also, have a non-photographer read it straight through for a totally fresh
>>look.  That person will bring fresh eyes to a subject we know all too well. 
>>We will see what we expect to see - not what's there.  For example, I've
>>mis-learned to type FROM as FORM.  What is "see" is FROM.  What's on the
>>page is FORM.  No spell checker will catch that. 

>>Earl

I am a terrible self-editor and I am well aware of the limitations of spelling
and grammar checkers.  I had one non-photographic friend sit down with an
earlier version of the text but I am not sure he slogged all the way through it.
I think he just liked the pictures.

Jon  O 



 


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