First,
this has also happened to me.
Early on I was in the mode of being anxious to read the newly published book,
buying or getting a public library copy, scanning and submitting until the
publisher quality acquisitions into the collection became so common and quick.
So I have moved on from that practice. And I enjoy now how I hear of a book and
often will find that it is in the collection. Bravo! I say. Hooray. That is a
big deal for us with the print disability to have this access.
But here is what I also say. We, and that includes me, members need to let
the Bookshare staff know when the PQ copy falls short as to its quality, in
particular as to Daisy navigation. By page, and level 1, 2 and 3. When it is
lacking in that way it is a challenge to read with the same facility any one
who can see and skim and move to other sections of the book can do.
The staff has always been great when I have taken the time to notify them of
these instances.
It is a pretty difficult thing, when we do our due diligence to check for a
book title in process, and deciding whether to scan. And then find your work
was replaced by the PQ. I understand it. And I am living with it. In other
words, it is not a dealbreaker for me. Too many other good things going our way
in Bookshare. Part of that is our community of book nut volunteers. Thanks,
everyone.
Rik
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of misha
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2017 6:20 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: At least I didn't get very far.
As they say, I feel your pain...
Recently I had two books that I had scanned and someone else proofed
that were rejected by the bookshare admin because between the time I
submitted them and the time the proffer checked them back in publisher
copies were added. I checked very thoroughly for those books before I
submitted them because they were relatively recent (around 2010 I
think). Well, at least we can all feel proud that it was surely the work
of us volunteers that got bookshare such a good reputation that
publishers feel it is worthwhile to contribute to. And I'll keep scanning.
*sigh*
By the way, I think most of the time books get a new title when they are
bought from one publisher and the new one wants to make it look like
they have a new book by that author. Another case is when the publisher
didn't like the name the author chose, but when a new edition came out
the author was more well known so he or she pushed back to get the title
he wanted used.
Misha
On 2/9/2017 10:30 AM, Roger Loran Bailey (Redacted sender rogerbailey81
for DMARC) wrote:
I am glad that Bookshare has over a half million books now, but it is
getting a bit hard to find something to scan. I have a paperback book
here with the title The Mind Master by James Gunn. I did a thorough
search of the Bookshare collection to make sure that it was not
already there. That was after I had searched for a number of other
books and did find that Bookshare already had them. Several results
came up for the title The Mind Master, but none by James Gunn. Just to
be sure I searched for the author James Gunn alone and found a number
of books by him, but none with the title The Mind Master. So a few
minutes ago I started scanning it. On the title page below the title
there was a note that the book had been originally published in
hardcover under the title The Dreamers. I thought I had better check
on that and, indeed, Bookshare does have a publisher quality copy of
The Dreamers. At least I didn't get very far before I had to abort. I
wish I had known, though, before I had acquired the book. I am now
getting books to scan from PaperbackSwap.com because it is the
cheapest source I have with limited mobility, but it is not a
completely free source. Alas, I now start searching for another book
to scan. I think publishers give different titles to different
editions of the same book so that they can sell more books. I am sure
that readers of print books feel frustration too when they buy what
appears to be a new book by their favorite author only to find that
they have already read it and they were fooled by a different title.
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