[bksvol-discuss] Re: Anyone Willing to Take on a Newbie?

  • From: Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 07:04:56 -0700

Hi Marilyn,

I think that reading the volunteer manual which is required by all new volunteers, and is available on the Bookshare web site will answer all of your questions. Darrell has answered a lot of what you asked. Compared to what you are accustomed to doing, I think you'll find this kind of editing a breeze.

Please, do ask here again any questions that you still have after you have read the manual. We'll all be happy to help, and are thrilled to have you working with us.

Happy reading!

Peace,
Mayrie

At 06:26 AM 3/18/2008, you wrote:
Hi, all.  I'm Marilyn, and I downloaded my first book yesterday.
I do proofreading and formatting for another non-profit for the
Blind for some time now, but when I opened the bookshare.org
file, I was surprised.

I'm used to RULES.  All text in 18 point APHont, headers in
22 point Cooper black, one blank space between paragraphs,
italics should be bold, one-inch margins all around, headers
but no footers -- lots and lots of rules.

Can someone help me out?  What's the first thing you do when
you download a book?  Which font do you pick?  What point
size?  How can you proofread without the original book?
You're supposed to keep your pages the same as the original
book?  How do you do that if it just doesn't fit?

I'm a college grad, I'm not as stupid as this msg sounds, but
I need some help, please.

Thanks,
Marilyn

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