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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for your thoughts on this. I have had a few books that I have had a second review on only because I questioned the first reviewers skill (which it turns out was justified), but in general, I want to
be able to move on to the next title as quickly as possible as I am a one man show here with just my volunteers to back me up. I truly have to watch myself that I don’t end up going down the rabbit hole when I am editing trying to achieve that “perfect” recording.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I appreciate the input. I’ll go for the win on this one.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#1F3864">Linden Coffman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">Talking Book & Braille Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">315 West Ohio Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">Indianapolis, IN 46202<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">E-mail: lcoffman@library.in.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Blackwell, Brian<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 17, 2019 2:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> TBBS Recording Studio Info <studiotalk@islemail.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Studiotalk] Should I take this as a win and move on?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">I’d suggest a quiet fist pump, and moving on.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">My opinion has always been that the reviewers represent the patrons, and if the reviewer doesn’t have a problem with the recording, I have to assume the patrons
won’t either.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">If I ever doubt the quality of the work a reviewer has done, it never hurts to have someone else review it again, just to double-check. If not, they have
expertise, and as a collaborative medium I have to trust people to have done their job. Otherwise, I could just review everything myself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">The worst case scenario is an (most likely apocryphal) anecdote I heard, about a book requested by a patron. The studio manager in question was very particular
about the length of the silences between paragraphs, and spent a long time editing those to make them uniform. The production took an abnormally long time. In the meanwhile, the patron passed away. But at least those silences were all the same length?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">When I find I’m drawing some line in the sand, it usually helps to ask myself, “Is this for the patrons, or for just myself? Am I slowing down production,
to make myself happy with a book which isn’t being made for me?” I mean, I could spend years editing every book until it’s “perfect” and almost never release anything.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">In the end, if I can get 80% of what I want, that’s a pretty big win. Not just in a production, but life in general.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> studiotalk [<a href="mailto:studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org">mailto:studiotalk-bounces@islemail.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Coffman, Linden<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 17, 2019 9:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:studiotalk@islemail.org">studiotalk@islemail.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Studiotalk] Should I take this as a win and move on?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just wanted to share something I got from one of my veteran reviewers, (she’s listened to dozens of titles over the 6 years she’s been with the program and was our volunteer of the year in 2016). I got a stellar review from her that stated
“This is one of the best books I’ve ever reviewed. Great story and very well read. You all did an outstanding job on this. There we
<u>no</u> errors worth correcting. Keep up the great work”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do I take this as the complement that was intended and just finish up the title or do I worry about the errors not worth correcting? I’ve often wondered if I wasn’t a bit over OCD with it comes to things like this? How do you handle #
of errors in a recording?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT";color:#1F3864">Linden Coffman<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">Indiana State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">Talking Book & Braille Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">315 West Ohio Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">Indianapolis, IN 46202<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">317-232-3683<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face",serif;color:#385623">E-mail:
<a href="mailto:lcoffman@library.in.gov">lcoffman@library.in.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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