Bite-Size Edits is a collaborative proofreading application that McGuire describes as either “a word-based online game” or “a massive — yet productive — time waster.” Here’s how it works: Instead of presenting volunteer proofreaders with long passages drawn from public domain texts, the program selects short, one-sentence snippets, along with the surrounding lines for context. Users read the snippet and then either approve it as is or suggest changes. According to technology blogger Suw Charman-Anderson, one of the principals involved with BookOven, “If our calculations are correct, it will take 100 people just 10 minutes to proofread a 100,000 word book, and we want to bring that collaborative power to bear on on the public domain.”
This is a great idea. I’ve done some Distributed Proofreading and it is pretty hard work. The fun goes out of it pretty quickly.
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"What Vonda said. :)
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The Canadian Quill & Quire blog (I love that name) is reporting on a new collaborative proofreading program that is currently in alpha. 
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