[bksvol-discuss] Re: Gotta Resubmit CUSP
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 05:37:36 -0500
Right, Cindy. It is up to submitters and validators to check for other
things. Gustavo and John should not have to do that.
Sue S.
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From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 1:57 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Gotta Resubmit CUSP
> It would appear that the validator didn't do a very
> good job before approving and uploading. And I don't
> think Gustavo or John checks anything other than
> copyright or page breaks. That's why some books get
> into the collection with pages, especially at the ends
> of the books, missing.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Sorry, but I have to resubmit CUSP by Robert A.
> > Metzger, which just appeared in the collection. I
> > left column detection on when I scanned it to make
> > sure something at the beginning of the book was not
> > decolumnized, and didn't think it would make any
> > difference if I left it on. I realized that it was
> > putting hard returns at the end of every line as I
> > was reading through it, and I tried to remove many,
> > but I didn't get as many as I had thought. The brf
> > file is just chock full of indented lines which are
> > not the beginning of paragraphs. Another problem is
> > this pesky chapter heading thing, which I will have
> > to fix up. Most of them are in the middle of pages,
> > but that still leaves quite a few at the beginning
> > of pages. Another problem is that there are quotes
> > in the long synopsis which is up on the site. I
> > didn't know about the legal problem with that when I
> > submitted it, and the validater didn't fix it
> > either. Also, the hard return problem shows up in
> > the long synopsis which you can see if you want to:
> > Rather than taking a new line when encountering a
> > hard return, apparently whatever software they have
> > running up there just runs the words together, so it
> > looks terrible. Sorry about all this stuff. I can
> > only plead that it was my second submission, and a
> > lack of knowledge about what my scanner would do if
> > column detection was left on, and a hope that it
> > wouldn't be as bad as it was. I don't suppose Daisy
> > readers will notice if they read through the book
> > continuously, but for Braille readers, it is just
> > maddening. The text quality is very good, though,
> > so people who don't care about the things I have
> > mentioned may enjoy it and will not have to worry
> > about garbled text or junk characters or anything
> > like that. But I can't let this stand as it is. I
> > would appreciate it if someone would go up and look
> > at the long synopsis and tell me if the quotes in it
> > are permitted on Bookshare's site or not, If not,
> > then I would imagine that the book will have to be
> > removed until it can be fixed.
> >
> > Sorry folks. Live and learn. <smile>
> >
>
>
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