Volunteer to proofread for Project Gutenberg!
This is a word geek’s secret pleasure. Yes, editing can be a drag. Proofing is editing’s ugly younger cousin from Nebraska. Distributed Proofreaders is a volunteer organization that provides proofing for Project Gutenberg.
Still, having a hand in proofing all the public domain books that are being digitized is a good, helpful thing. I don’t know how many times I’ve had to read an article for class that has a misspelling because it wasn’t proofed. We might as well work on this as the stuff comes out, instead of waiting until it’s a problem.
Come on, sign up. I’m going to, and I’m super cool.
Hmm. I dunno. It’s hard enough for me to proofread books that I actually get PAID to proofread….I’ll look into it, though. 🙂