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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bardsandsages" data-source="post: 3555697" data-attributes="member: 28771">I'm not sure how I feel about this thread, to be honest.Pros:1. Allows small publishers with limited budgets to get that much needed second or third pair of eyes reviewing a product before publication2. (Hopefully) improve the overall quality of PDFs on the market by insuring better editing.3. Allows those volunteering to get some experience working on the back-end of the industry to see what goes in to making an RPG product.  Almost like an internship.Cons:1. You get what you pay for, so to speak.  Pinching pennies for a free proofreader might bite you in the butt if the proofreader is no more able to find typos than you are.  2. Devalues the work of a good proofreader and editor.  These are honestly two different functions, and both are incredibly difficult.  Threads like this encourage the notion that the skill sets required to perform these tasks are rather mundane and easily reproduced, therefore price becomes the sole factor in selecting a proofreader or editor.3. Potentially harmful to the industry in the long run by creating a number of "fake" credentials for volunteers, giving them the wrong impression of the industry.  This is particularly true in cases of new publishers with no practical experience themselves taking advantage of volunteers with no practical experience.  If we continue with the intership idea, it could be like interning with someone who presents himself as a sales professional but is actually running a pyramid scheme.  The intern learns all the wrong things, and when done believes himself qualified for other jobs.  He then solicits other publishers for work, listing the previous "experience."  Steamrolls from there.</blockquote>

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