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From: Susan Van Metre <svanmetre>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:36:55 -0500
Of course, we publishers often do make corrections to reprint editions. Making such a change isn't particularly expensive. We might hesitate, however, to destroy a print run for a change to the first edition, but the sort of mistakes you mention would probably be noticed well into the book's life and thus it would really just be up to the author, in most cases, to request them.
Message----From: James Elliott [mailto:j_c_elliott at msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:51 PM To: RGarcia.ims at vnumis.com; Tattercoat at aol.com Cc: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] authors who re-work books
Actually, Carolyn was quoting me in that statement. I have tried to explain my position more fully, but realize that my view on that matter are not fully formed.
It would be a shame to have to have a 'PC Committee' on the editorial board of every publisher to make sure that all books conform to the standards. And
that is NOT what I am advocating. But I do think it also a shame, in this day and age of almost instant communicaiton and information access that authors still can and do sacrifice accuracy for a good (?) story, and do bear responsibility for correcting these inaccuracies where possible. ESPECIALLY in the area of children's stories, where a child may not be able to effectively distinguish between truth/fact and fiction. (E.g., my reading
the Da Vinci Code and realizing that Mr. Brown has taken a great deal of liberty with historical fact vs. a child reading "Mandie" and not being able
to recognize that "Indians" did not REALLY act and speak in that manner.)
And I do realize that publishers would not necessarily be willing to take an
income hit from requiring a revision of a popular book. Although, a revision
MIGHT sell more copies -- just look at 'Star Wars', and director's cuts of films.
Again, just my opinion, nothing more or less.
Jim Elliott
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Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:36:55 -0500
Of course, we publishers often do make corrections to reprint editions. Making such a change isn't particularly expensive. We might hesitate, however, to destroy a print run for a change to the first edition, but the sort of mistakes you mention would probably be noticed well into the book's life and thus it would really just be up to the author, in most cases, to request them.
Message----From: James Elliott [mailto:j_c_elliott at msn.com] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 3:51 PM To: RGarcia.ims at vnumis.com; Tattercoat at aol.com Cc: ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu Subject: Re: [ccbc-net] authors who re-work books
Actually, Carolyn was quoting me in that statement. I have tried to explain my position more fully, but realize that my view on that matter are not fully formed.
It would be a shame to have to have a 'PC Committee' on the editorial board of every publisher to make sure that all books conform to the standards. And
that is NOT what I am advocating. But I do think it also a shame, in this day and age of almost instant communicaiton and information access that authors still can and do sacrifice accuracy for a good (?) story, and do bear responsibility for correcting these inaccuracies where possible. ESPECIALLY in the area of children's stories, where a child may not be able to effectively distinguish between truth/fact and fiction. (E.g., my reading
the Da Vinci Code and realizing that Mr. Brown has taken a great deal of liberty with historical fact vs. a child reading "Mandie" and not being able
to recognize that "Indians" did not REALLY act and speak in that manner.)
And I do realize that publishers would not necessarily be willing to take an
income hit from requiring a revision of a popular book. Although, a revision
MIGHT sell more copies -- just look at 'Star Wars', and director's cuts of films.
Again, just my opinion, nothing more or less.
Jim Elliott
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