[bksvol-discuss] Re: Attempting a b s o copy
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:35:39 -0700 (PDT)
It could also be done by having the staff put the book
that needs fixing back onto the download list in rtf
format. I fixed several books in the collection this
way in the past.
Cindy
--- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Can anybody figure out what might prompt the staff
> to do such a
> thing? I find this action particularly strange
> given that it really
> is possible to fix up many books simply by reading
> and correcting
> them. Anybody know what is going on with this staff
>
> decision? Anyone know the reason staff did not
> announce such a
> decision or ask for volunteer feedback before just
> deciding on this
> course of action?
>
> I am concerned as a volunteer when such things are
> decided without
> asking for volunteer feedback.
>
> E.
> At 10:11 AM 6/5/2007, you wrote:
> >Anastasia,
> >
> >There are issues with converting books in the
> collection to other
> >formats, and I believe the staff has decided that
> they would prefer
> >a book to be rescanned. They recently reworded the
> note on the
> >Volunteer Home Page. It no longer says:
> >
> >Bookshare welcomes improved submissions of books
> you download from
> >our site. While you're reading a book you have
> downloaded from
> >Bookshare.org, if and when you encounter errors,
> please feel free to
> >correct those errors. When you're done with the
> book, you have a
> >better copy than what you downloaded from our site,
> right? Share
> >that improved book with us. Submit the new book.
> Or, if you finish
> >reading one of our books of improvable quality,
> have access to a
> >printed copy, and have the time and resources to
> rescan the book
> >entirely, please, feel free to do a complete
> re-scan of the book.
> >
> >To help cut down on confusion, please title any
> submission of an
> >improved book with "BSO-"then the title. For
> example "BSO-The House
> >on Pooh Corner" or, "BSO-Zen and the Art of
> Motorcycle Maintenance".
> >This helps the Bookshare.org staff figure out that
> yes, you are
> >submitting an improved copy of a book. This saves
> all of us time
> >because we don't have to hold the book in the
> submisison process to
> >check with the validator or the submitter to make
> sure the
> >submission isn't a duplicate.
> >
> >It now says:
> >
> >If you'd like to improve the quality of a book in
> our collection,
> >feel free to do a rescan of the book. To help cut
> down on confusion,
> >as to whether you're submitting a duplicate or an
> improved rescan,
> >please title any submission of an improved book
> with "BSO-"then the
> >title; for example "BSO-The House on Pooh Corner"
> or, "BSO-Zen and
> >the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance".
> >
> >As you found out, the problem with converting books
> from the
> >collection using Word or another word processor is
> that the page
> >breaks are lost. I believe the problem with
> converting books from
> >the the collection using K-1000 is that page
> numbers are lost due to
> >Bookshare and KESI storing the page number info
> differently. If
> >that's the case, then the loss of page breaks or
> page numbers would
> >automatically make a book lesser quality than that
> in the collection.
> >
> >In any case, as you can see, the note on the
> website was reworded to say
> >
> >If you'd like to improve the quality of a book in
> our collection,
> >feel free to do a rescan of the book.
> >
> >Before you go to any more trouble, you may want to
> check with John
> >at
>
<mailto:volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> to see if
> >your BSO book will be accepted.
> >
> >HTH
> >
> >Gerald
> >
> >
> >----------
> >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Anastasia Saridakis
> >Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 8:31 AM
> >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Attempting a b s o copy
> >
> >hi All
> >Wick question.
> >I downloaded a book that I wanted to redsubmit as a
> BSO copy. I
> >tried using fixing it and saving it in m s word but
> i resubmitted it
> >and it came across without page breaks so it wasn't
> accepted. I
> >tried it again using Kes and it workked. The
> problem is that it
> >would only save as a Kes file. If I submit it as a
> kes file will it
> >e converted to r t f? Thanks.
> >
> >
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