[bksvol-discuss] Re: HarperCollins donations
- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:23:26 -0500
I acgtually haven't looked at any of hose, but that was my experience
with the ones I received for school.
Cindy Lou
Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
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From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:19 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: HarperCollins donations
But Alison,
How can a book be considered the "best quality" if it doesn't contain,
either page breaks or page numbers! It seems to be a backwards step
to
replace these.
Or in the case of children's books, no picture descriptions. I have
to
agree with Cindy, let both copies exist side by side, so those who
need
these things, page numbers, which we have fought so hard for, can be
made
available! Currently, PQ books do not have either of these.
Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
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More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller
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From: "Allison Hilliker" <hillikera@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 4:04 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: HarperCollins donations
Hi everyone,
There are so many books in the world that I think it's *highly*
unlikely
that we will
ever have a collection consisting of only publisher quality books. So
I
really recommend not worrying about a possible publisher takeover
anytime
soon. Volunteers are still incredibly important too Bookshare and
likely
will remain so for a long time to come.
The idea behind importing any publisher books is to prevent people
from having to scan or validate them. The idea is that most of the
books we
import are not already in the collection. Yes, it's likely that we
will
import some books already in the collection, but I think this is a
rather
small percentage. What's more, aside from the HarperCollins books, we
can't predict which books we will have donated by publishers. So
while we
may get a book from some publisher in the next six months, it is still
beneficial for someone to scan and validate it now so that
members can enjoy it in the meantime. Does that make sense?
We also like to have publisher books because they are the best quality
possible. Bookshare considers quality important and I think the
members and
volunteers do too.
So I encourage you all to please not get too frustrated with the
import of
publisher quality books. It is unfortunate that some books that one
scans
now may be replaced by a publisher book someday, but I don't think
that
makes any book not worth scanning at the moment. Moreover, as I've
mentioned above, since we can't know for sure which publisher books
may be
donated to Bookshare in the future, it is still extremely important
that we
all work to get as many books into the collection as possible.
I hope this has helped clear up some confusion and ease some anxiety.
Both
Bookshare staff and members appreciate all the work our volunteers do
and
are thrilled that you are continuing to create such great books.
Best,
Allison
allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 6:21 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: HarperCollins donations
>
> These publisher quality books concern me. John Glass said something
> to
> the
> effect that someday they hope to have all publisher quality in the
> collection. We have some topnotch submitters and validators, and a
> lot of
> the books in the collection reflect this. I would hate to see books
> that
> deserve their excellent rating replaced.
>
> Sue S.
>
>
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> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:17 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] HarperCollins donations
>
>
> Allison H was kind enough to send me the list of books
> that HarperCollins has donated to bookshare. I gather
> that bookshare is working on making them available for
> download in BRF, and Allison and some of you kind
> people are working to affix short synopses. Then
> they'll be added to the collection.
>
> Some already have been added, replacing one book that
> I spent time validating, though my synopsis was left
> intact. Whether others will replace books already in
> the collection, even if they're Excellent, or will be
> added along with them so members have a choice as to
> what to download, I don't know. I certainly hope not
> the former.
>
> Anyway, I plan not to validate any books on the list.
> If any of you are thinking of scanning or validating
> books published by HarperCollins, you're welcome to
> check with me if you don't want to do one of the books
> that will be added by the publisher.
>
> Unfortunately, we couldn't wait for the Princess Diary
> books to get into the collection from the publisher.
> Only Princess in Training remains, and Judy is
> validating that. Yay!!
>
> G.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
>
> Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
>
>
>
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