[bksvol-discuss] Re: Do We include reviews
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:59:30 -0800 (PST)
O.K. Good point. We "sightlings" can easily skip them,
however, and turn the page. Hopefully listeners and
Braille readers can do the same?
Anyway, if they're with the copy I download I'll keep
them. I won't scan them to add them, though, sorry.
You can always go to Amazon and read the consumer
reviews or the Publishers' Weekly, Library Journal, or
Amazon reviews, which is what I do when I'm curious
about a book. I don't think I've ever read a review
*in* a book or on the back cover that hasn't be
more-than-positive. The publisher wouldn't include
them, and I doubt anybody would write one. If one
can't write anything nice, one won't write. smile
G.Cindy
--- Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Precisely, I actually get rather ticked off when I
> encounter books where
> the initial raves have been stripped. They either
> help me to understand
> the overal topic/style/tone/ intended audience of
> the book, or they give
> me the same idea about the author in general.
> Besides, sightlings have
> them available. . . why shouldn't print disabled?
>
> G.
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>
> Guido Dante Corona
> IBM Research,
> Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
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> Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
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> ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain
> they were right who
> were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just
> maybe, those who
> questioned the most were in the end those who came
> closest to being wise."
> [David Poyer, The Command]
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> I put them in because they are there. It is the
> whole book to me even
> if no one chooses to read it, unless I can't.
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> Cindy Lou
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:35 AM
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> I was going to say not to bother, but if Guido wants
> them. I don't put reviews from the back cover; if
> reviews of the book have been scanned, as validator
> I
> leave them, usually. Of course the reviews of the
> book
> are going to be raves. Guido, do you really find
> them
> useful, or are you referring to reviews of other
> books
> by the same author, which I can see would be useful
> if
> they have info about the book don't just say how
> wonderful the books are.
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> I've come to realize that authors of the same genre
> will give positive reviews to a fellow author's book
> in that genre, probably because they want the same
> treatment. I have upon occasion, after
> reading/validating a book, wondered how on earth it
> could have been given such a good review. That's
> what
> made me realize.
>
> G.Cndy
> --- robert tweedy <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Okay it's the inside of the front cover that give
> me
> > problems. I guess I can rescan them after doing
> the
> > book since the print is more in bold.
> > Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Guido Corona
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> > Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:49 PM
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> > Robert, please do put those front advertorials
> in
> > at the beginning of a book. They are often quite
> > informative. . .
> > I cut them off only when they have been totally
> > mangled by the OCR and cannot be reconstructed.
> > Guido
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> > Guido Dante Corona
> > IBM Research,
> > Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
> > Austin Tx.
> > Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
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> > ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most
> > certain they were right who were guaranteed to be
> > wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who
> > questioned the most were in the end those who came
> > closest to being wise."
> > [David Poyer, The Command]
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> > Do we have to put all the reviews of the book
> in?
> > We know that what ever the
> > review is it will be good for that book and can
> we
> > just put in the title
> > page and the copyright page of course? I forgot
> to
> > put the title and author
> > on night and there are a few junk characters on
> > the first page and fourth
> > page. I set kurzweil or should I say kurzweil
> sets
> > it's self and if the
> > print is bold at the beginning where the reviews
> > are it's a mess.
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