Great, and thanks. I propose to keep the captions but edit sentences so they will end before the captions where necessary. I will strip headings but leave page numbers, and will leave the advertising as is. Since I don't want the book rejected again, I hope these changes will be OK. Diane -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 6:47 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Submitted in January O.K., Diane. I've downloaded it and will reject it with a note saying that the submitter wants to make some corrections and resubmit. Cindy --- Diane Scalzi <dscalzi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for the input, Gerald. The book I submitted also has a listing > of other books from the publisher in the back, which I guess you are > saying should be omitted since it constitutes advertising. > I would like to get > this book back so I can work on it myself, since it seems to need > significant editing. Do I wait for someone to reject it, or can I > download it as if I were going to validate it myself? If I need to > wait for a rejection, I hope someone will do it right away. > Thanks. > > _____ > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Hovas > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:54 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Submitted in January > > > Diane, > > I don't believe K-1000 has the capability to strip the text from > headers or footers and leave the page numbers yet. I think it's been > asked for though to make preparing books for Bookshare easier. > Please leave them in the > book. They make it possible for members to discuss books with friends > or in a class. Several have said it's very frustrating when people > are referencing a particular page and they have trouble finding it > because someone stripped the entire header and/or footer. > > As for captions, I don't think it will matter if you move them > slightly so that one falls between two paragraphs to allow the book to > read better. > It's not critical that they are even left in, but I believe they > usually are. It depends on the circumstances and whether or not > they're considered main content. If the pictures appear on a page > which is not included in the page numbering, then feel free to leave > them out or move them to the end of the book. By not included in the > page numbering, I'm referring to pages by themselves which which not > only do not have a page number, but appear between two pages which are > numbered consecutively like pages 55 and 56, so that no one would even > know if the pages with the pictures are removed since there will be no > gap in the page numbering. > > My experience with what Bookshare considers main content would suggest > that only the main text is considered main content, and that anything > else is optional. My experience with volunteers on this list, > however, is that they would like to see captions--and most everything > else--included if at all possible. I think the things that just about > everyone has agreed they don't care to see are advertisements and > order forms. > Bookshare would definitely > consider them not main content. My own thoughts would be that if > material is left out when the book is published in a different format, > then it wasn't main content. I know that there are two editions in > hardback of Marley and > Me: one with pictures and one without. In that instance, I'd consider > the pictures not to be main content. > > HTH > > Gerald > > > _____ > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane Scalzi > Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:25 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Book Submitted in January > > > Hi Everyone, > > Thank you to all of you who responded to my test message, and, yes, I > did receive my copy as well. John Glass, if you read this, special > thanks to you for fixing my email address. > > On January 15, I submitted Steve Tasker's Tales of the Buffalo Bills > by Steve Tasker and Scott Pitoniak. (I notice the system reversed the > names. > I uploaded the book before I saw the messages discussing this > problem.) It is a light read and I think a good scan. However, I was > not aware of the need to remove page headers but retain page numbers. > I wonder if it would > be better to set K1000 to ignore headers and footers, but then it > would seem that the page numbers might go away, too. Please let me > know what you think. > > There are also some pages with photographs where the captions break up > sentences. (I would welcome any suggestions for editing books so the > captions can come after the complete sentences. I left it alone > because I didn't know the legal ramifications of making such > changes.) Here is the > book jacket info. > > A few days after becoming head coach of the Buffalo Bills midway > through the > 1986 season, Marv Levy made his first personnel decision, claiming > Houston Oilers reserve wide receiver Steve Tasker off the waiver wire. > It seemed like an afterthought at the time, but in retrospect, proved > to be one of Levy's most prescient moves. > > Over the next 11 seasons, the diminutive 5-foot-9, > 175- pound Tasker was a > huge contributor as the Bills strung together an unprecedented four > consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s. Along the way, > Tasker earned seven invitations to the Pro Bowl, and during the > National Football League's 75th anniversary celebration, he was named > the greatest special teams player of all-time. > > In Steve Tasker's Tales from the Buffalo Bills, the football star > turned network television analyst takes a behind-the- scenes look at > the franchise's most glorious era. > > With the assistance of award-winning sports columnist and author Scott > Pitoniak, Tasker provides readers with insightful vignettes of > colorful Bills personalities such as Levy, Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith, > Thurman Thomas, and Ralph Wilson. > > He details the euphoria following the Bills' > miraculous comeback from a > 32-point deficit against the Houston Oilers in that > 1993 Wildcard game, and > the devastation after Scott Norwood's kick sailed wide right in Super > Bowl XXV. > > There are humorous moments-like the time Ray Bentley nailed Fred > Smerlas' > cleats to the locker room floor- and the time Hall of Fame coach Hank > Stram mistook Tasker for a caddie. And there are poignant moments-like > the morning Levy told his players he had to take a leave of absence to > undergo surgery for the removal of his cancerous prostate. > > CONTINUED ON BACK FLAP > > > > > > > > > CONTINUED FROM FRONT FLAP > > > > Tasker takes the reader inside the helmet of NFL players, describing > for them the deadly efficiency of the Bills' no- huddle offense > ("There were times when we felt like we were unstoppable") and the > effects of a jarring hit ("It's like being in a violent car wreck"). > > > > I hope someone will be willing to validate this book. If you aren't > up to making the formatting changes, I guess you can reject it and I > can fix it. > I have the book, so can answer any questions you may have. Thanks for > all you do. I really enjoy reading your posts, and have learned a lot > already. > > > > > Diane Scalzi, WI8K > email: wi8k@xxxxxxxx > phone: (586) 337-5226 > address: 21621 Briarcliff, St. Clair Shores, MI > 48082 > > ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.