Kate in Arabia Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) So I was reading Part 4, Chapter 2 on the rise of Islam. I'm actually not having ds read it as we use other resources and he's really familiar with the info in it anyway. But as I was reading it, I noticed that the picture on pg 466 is mislabeled -- it says that it's a page of Arabic script from the Qur'an, but it is not from the Qur'an. I can see the confusion, because in its layout it looks "Qur'an-ish".. it is religious, but it's more like prayers/dua's a Muslim would say, kwim? But I'm guessing most people won't know (or care). Would you write to the publisher? Edited to add: Actually, I don't know who to contact -- at a glance at their website, most contacts are tied to people who are enrolled with them, which we aren't. Maybe I can just leave it as an FYI to people on here who are using the book :) Edited October 16, 2012 by Kate in Arabia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 What it looks like to me is a page from a separate book of "devotions" (is that the right term?) -- like prayers in praise of Muhammad but also asking for blessings from God, etc. etc. Very common. Well, I'm vacillating, because I can see the possibility that there is a copy somewhere that had extra prayers for people at the end (although it sounds unlikely), I mean most Qur'an's I see these days have the official "prayer-you-recite-when-you-finish-reading-the-Qur'an" prayer at the back, but this isn't it. But when I read a caption that says it is a page from the Qur'an I would expect it to be actual verses from the Qur'an, no? It's kind of a thing for the kids and I to see if we can figure out which surah/chapter it is (sometimes tricky when it's an older and/or more flowery script). This is clearly not verses from the Qur'an. But is it in the realm of possibility that it was in the back pages of someone's medieval copy? I suppose so. Does that make sense? I'm over-thinking it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 My daughter and I discovered an error in the Story of Science and I had her email the author. They had the sweetest correspondence going for a while. Joy Hakim sent her some chapters of her new book to fact check and respond to. Anyway, I think it's great if there is a single author and you have a reason to contact them. More likely, the author just told the publishing company that there should be a picture of Arabic text and someone else pulled it up and nobody really knew what it meant. Still, send a note to them for the sake of future editions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 I would write to the publisher. I truly believe that they are interested in producing a quality product and I'm sure they would want to know so that they can correct it in the next edition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Well I tried to send a note. I had a hard time navigating their website to try and find an email address -- almost all contacts were phone numbers and for people enrolled with them (we're not). I ended up just sending a note on their main page where they have a space for people's inquiries for further information. Hopefully it will get forwarded to the right person -- otherwise, if anyone who uses them has an email address I could use that would be helpful.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted October 17, 2012 Author Share Posted October 17, 2012 Well I got a huge long form-response giving details of the K12 program, costs and how much my kid will learn. So I guess the point of the "comment" form is just to get your email address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted October 20, 2012 Author Share Posted October 20, 2012 It was a bit of a saga trying to get in touch with an actual person at K12. In the end I looked in the back of the book at the credits page and started Google searching the photo editors for an email address, lol. I did finally get a response -- "Thanks for bringing this to my attention, the Revision Media Editor will be making a replacement." So hopefully it was of benefit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKidAcademy Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Somewhere down the line, folks will be glad you went to all that effort! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Way to go! Thanks so much for doing that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PollyOR Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 :thumbup1: Kate, thank you for bringing this to my attention. I love this book and I'll be making a note in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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