[bksvol-discuss] Re: Firestorm by Nevada Barr
- From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:34:18 -0400
Okay. Now that I'm more awake, I can provide a little more background
on this topic.
I still don't remember who asked me to rescan Firestorm, but I'm
pretty sure that it was whoever validated Winter Study because this
was the catalyst for the whole discussion.
Jim Pardee did the original scan, and we had a discussion about how it
was one of his early scans and he offered to rescan it, but I had
already ordered the book and said I'd do it. Jim and I then talked
about how we'd all learned so much about improving scans over the
years and I remember saying that I'd cringe to look at some of my
earliest submissions to BookShare!
This morning, I downloaded the BookShare copy of Firestorm and K1000
rank spelling said that 97.62% of the words were accurate. My
recently submitted copy ranked at 98.08%. Looking at both lists of
mis-spelled words, most of them were names or slang words, but the
BookShare copy also had a number of other scano type errors. Mine has
some of those, too, but mostly junk characters and I alerted the
potential validator to this in my note to validators.
Hope this clears up the mystery.
Donna
On 9/1/08, Donna Smith <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Yes, the one in the collection marked excellent is the one that needs
> replacing as it isn't really very excellent. <smile> The person who
> asked me to scan it said that there were a lot of scanning errors such
> as confusing rn for m etc.
>
> Perhaps it is my faulty memory that placed it on the wish list, too.
> Donna
>
>
> On 9/1/08, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Uh oh. I don't see Firestorm by Nevada Barr on the Wish list and there is
>> one in the collection marked Excellent. That could be the one that needed
>> to
>> be redone--unfortunately there's no way of knowing, as far as I know,
>> whether a book now in the collection is one that has replaced another one
>> or
>> is the original. This was submitted by Jim Pardee and I do remember that
>> some book--maybe this one and maybe something else--he said was submitted
>> a
>> long time ago before he got better at scanning ; I can't remember if he
>> said
>> he was going to rescan it or if he said to go ahead and do it. Maybe
>> someone
>> should check it out and see if it's the one that does need to be
>> replaced.
>>
>> IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL IF SOMEHOW THE DATE THAT A BOOK IS ADDED TO THE
>> COLLECTION COULD BE POSTED along with the title of the book, perhaps next
>> to
>> the publication date with some symbol, or a word like "added" and the
>> date--or the plus symbol and the date. Then we wouldn't be confused.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
>> AVAILABLE AT
>> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
>> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
>> http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
>>
>> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
>> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
>> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
>>
>> Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
>>
>>
>> --- On Mon, 9/1/08, Donna Smith <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Donna Smith <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Just submitted two more books
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 6:40 PM
>>> Hi all.
>>>
>>> I just submitted two more books.
>>>
>>> Firestorm by Nevada Barr is a BSO and was requested by
>>> someone who
>>> validated my submission of Winter Study a while back. I
>>> can't
>>> remember who, but here is this one which has been on the
>>> wish list for
>>> some time now.
>>>
>>> Before and After by E.Gaylon McCollough, M.D. This is an
>>> interesting
>>> book and one that was recommended to me by my mother.
>>> It's a little
>>> conservative for my taste, but still, I agree with quite a
>>> lot of
>>> what's in it.
>>>
>>> Longer synopses follow.
>>>
>>> Firestorm by Nevada Barr
>>>
>>> In Firestorm, the fourth book in the Anna Pigeon series,
>>> Anna returns
>>> to face the ultimate assault on her career and her life.
>>> As part of the army battling the Jackknife fire in northern
>>> California's Lassen Volcanic National Park, Anna, in
>>> her capacity as
>>> spike camp medic and security officer, tends the injuries
>>> and the
>>> frayed nerves of the firefighters. When the National
>>> Weather Service
>>> predicts a cold front followed by snow, promising to all
>>> but
>>> extinguish the fire, the camp is demobilized, but a
>>> last-minute rescue
>>> of a firefighter with a broken leg detains Anna and the San
>>> Juan crew.
>>> Driven on by the erratic thunderstorm of the front, wind
>>> shears in the
>>> steep canyon, creating the deadly weather conditions for a
>>> firestorm.
>>> As the ravine explodes in flames propelled by racing winds,
>>> the crew
>>> tries desperately to outrun the blaze, ultimately seeking
>>> refuge in
>>> their individual silver fire shelters wryly referred to as
>>> shake 'n'
>>> bakes.
>>> When the fire finally passes, Anna emerges from her shelter
>>> to check
>>> on the fate of her companions. The sound of each exhausted
>>> voice, the
>>> sight of each bruised and blackened figure, is cause for
>>> celebration—until one member of the crew is found inside
>>> his shelter
>>> with a knife in his back. With darkness comes the snow,
>>> making
>>> immediate rescue impossible, and Anna must tend to the
>>> physical and
>>> emotional wounds of the crew while seeking the identity of
>>> the
>>> murderer in their midst.
>>>
>>> Before and After by E. Gaylon McCollough, M.D.
>>>
>>> Before and After is the culmination of years of preparation
>>> and
>>> study—in various "schools" and arenas. It gave
>>> me reason to pause—to
>>> question why do we think what we think, do what we do?
>>> As I looked at choices being made by, for and about people
>>> living in a
>>> twenty-first century society, I saw justification for
>>> concern. And
>>> believing that a problem, once identified, is on its way to
>>> being
>>> resolved, / set out to do what I could to draw attention to
>>> predicaments facing us—one and all—and without fear of
>>> what I'd open
>>> up— for remedy's sake.
>>> I wrestled with the decision of how vividly to describe
>>> things as I
>>> see them. Subsequently I concluded that it was a reasonable
>>> thing to
>>> do. . .and the timing was appropriate.
>>> Before and After brings you face to face with opposing
>>> sides of the
>>> points at issue. The book is intended to be provocative. It
>>> weaves in
>>> and out of different timeframes, arenas and agendas. A
>>> straight-talk
>>> format brings questions to the forefront.
>>> You will see that we are in the midst of a civil war. In
>>> this new war
>>> standards are the enemy, achievers are the targets, and
>>> ideals are
>>> taboo.
>>> Opinionated readers at all bands of the social spectrum may
>>> be
>>> stirred. Problem-makers may cry "foul," but
>>> truth-seekers should find
>>> answers to new and old riddles.
>>> You will be encouraged to look inward and question how you
>>> fit into
>>> the scheme of things.
>>> We'll review methods of decision-making which might
>>> help you "bring
>>> success from inhospitable surroundings," then explore
>>> ways to make
>>> good things happen—to look better, feel better, be
>>> better.
>>> Before and After re-examines values based upon Natural and
>>> man-made
>>> law. As evidenced by the success stories of men and women
>>> you will
>>> meet, we are all very much a product of the choices we have
>>> made.
>>> If you follow the exercises in self-analysis set forth in
>>> Before and
>>> After you may discover how to identify and arouse a
>>> sleeping giant
>>> lying dormant within yourself. You could become more than
>>> you ever
>>> imagined—physically, mentally, vocationally, socially and
>>> spiritually.
>>> Before and After will challenge you to ask why as well as
>>> who, what,
>>> when and where—to look more closely at what is happening
>>> to, and
>>> around, you. You might also become more resolute in your
>>> convictions
>>> and recognize what a far-reaching effect the power of one
>>> can have
>>> upon initiating the kind of change that upgrades.
>>>
>>>
>>> Enjoy! And as always, no validator should suffer trying to
>>> figure out
>>> anything in a book I've scanned! Just let me know
>>> what's wrong and
>>> I'll happily rescan or get sighted help as needed.
>>>
>>> Donna
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