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Go Red for Women

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006 at 8:52 AM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog 2 comments

Tomorrow is American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women National Wear Red Day. Its purpose is to raise awareness that heart disease is the #1 killer for women. Many people aren’t aware of this.

True story. My sister was in a brown bag seminar where a nurse was talking about the symptoms of a heart attack. A hand went up in the back and a guy said, “I think I need help.” He was exhibiting the symptoms she was covering. While it was a man, the education was valuable as attendees know what to watch for and not limit it to men.

So wear red tomorrow and if you have one, wear the pin.

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Book Fact-Checking

Wednesday, February 1st, 2006 at 10:30 AM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

It’s no surprise we’re hearing a lot about Fact-Checking thanks to the book making big news (I need not name it and its author). I hope those college textbook fact-checkers get paid well because those aren’t easy topics to verify.

For some publishers, it’s not financially feasible to hire fact checkers and these publishers have no plans to hire them after the flap. After all, most books don’t sell enough copies. Think about how many books are released each day from the hundreds of publishers and how many make the top lists.

How often has a scandal like this happened? Not much. While librarians do catch errors, many authors post erratas on their Web sites and that’s a plus for publishing a book today. You can instantly post a correction.

On the flip side, how does the book flap affect Oprah’s Book Club? One thing is for sure, authors are going continue clamoring to get on Oprah in spite of the situation.

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