distributed proofreaders, bored with public domain books, switches to new york times
in a development that's received support with very little opposition or controversy, distributed proofreaders plans to do proofing for the new york times, which is apparently going through such a rough financial patch that they are looking for volunteers instead of actually paying people...
ok, it's not a complete switch. at least that's not the plan. but since the book queues are full of b.o.c. (d.p. lingo for "boring old crap"), how many people will linger there long? unless i'm reading it wrong, that is. will someone, please, anyone!, tell me i'm reading it wrong? please, someone... -bowerbird
The article cited makes it quite clear that this would be only for pre-1923 material, thus being no different than other periodicals DP is working on, e.g. Punch, Notes and Queries, Birds Illustrated, American Missionary, etc., etc., etc. Al ----- Original Message ----- From: Bowerbird@aol.com To: gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org ; Bowerbird@aol.com Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 12:08 PM Subject: [gutvol-d] distributed proofreaders, bored with public domain books,switches to new york times in a development that's received support with very little opposition or controversy, distributed proofreaders plans to do proofing for the new york times, which is apparently going through such a rough financial patch that they are looking for volunteers instead of actually paying people...
ok, it's not a complete switch. at least that's not the plan. but since the book queues are full of b.o.c. (d.p. lingo for "boring old crap"), how many people will linger there long? unless i'm reading it wrong, that is. will someone, please, anyone!, tell me i'm reading it wrong? please, someone... -bowerbird ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d@lists.pglaf.org http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d
Al Haines (shaw) wrote:
The article cited makes it quite clear that this would be only for pre-1923 material, thus being no different than other periodicals DP is working on, e.g. Punch, Notes and Queries, Birds Illustrated, American Missionary, etc., etc., etc.
Not to mention that it is a community consultation and on top of that it doesn't reduce the liberty of any DP volunteer not to work on this stuff. Just as it doesn't reduce the liberty of certain hopeless fools to do a few pages in DP every once in a while, while tinkering on a world-changing tool that is fundamentally impossible but will nonetheless change the world and to actually spend most of their 'volunteer' effort in criticising other people who are actually contributing. Just live and let live. Regards, Walter
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