Sorry for the confusion; the scanned text is fine. It's the
original text that Gryphon puts on the cover, copyright
pages, etc. that beg for a proofreader.
Ron C.
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
> Behalf Of Ed Lynskey
> Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 12:36 PM
> To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Re: A twofer by Gil Brewer
from Stark House
>
> I know little about scanned technology. Is it
possible to
> proofread/fis the text once it has been scanned from
the
> original?
>
> And I agree on the impressive production values on
the small
> press titles.
>
> Ed
>
> --- Ron Clinton <
clinton65@comcast.net> wrote:
> > I do wish the Gryphon releases were of a higher
quality. I
> > just picked up five releases -- four Harry
Whittingtons and
> > one SIN PIT -- and the covers looks to be done
by ink- or
> > laser-jet printer, and the text is scanned, not
reset. Where
> > original, there are some typos -- I haven't
checked the other
> > three Whittingtons, but the one I'm reading has
the wrong
> > series number on the interior (should be 22, as
per the
> > cover, not 2) and misspellings like "...get a
does of sudden >
> death!" Not a big deal in the scheme of things, and
I'm
> > thrilled *someone's* reprinting Whittington,
but for $16 a
> > pop, I do wish the quality was better. But, as
mentioned,
> > since no one's reprinting Whittington, I
suppose beggars
> > can't be choosers.
> >
> > The other presses mentioned do put a very
professional
> > product, though I find Stark House's brilliant
white pages
> > with comparatively small print rather difficult
to read for
> > long stretches.
>
>
>
>
>
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