--My suspicion is that they used a global replace to get rid of the paragraph symbols at the ends of lines, without realizing that it also would get rid of paragraph breaks that separated paragraphs. smile I don't mind putting them in as I read, but I find this a very depressing book. I'm glad I'm almost finished with it. I think if the protagonist were living today instead of being a bronc buster (and riding several horses to death) he'd have taken a gun and shot up a school. Cindy Wow, what did > they run that book threw to get rid of those I > wonder? > > HTH, > Jake > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > <support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 5:49 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to correct errors > in books in the > collection > > > >I accept your decision, but I would like to point > out > > that when books are scanned they also do not have > the > > italics and bold, etc., and the validator, or > scanner > > before submission, have to put them in. And > sometimes > > they don't have page breaks, either. The book I'm > > validating now doesn't even have paragraph breaks. > > > > It is true that the books that were put on the > > download list for me to fix several years ago did > not > > have page breaks--at least one of them--I don't > > remember about the others. I think they were > > originally txt files, because they had odd pages > > numbers in the middle of lines and paragraphs. > > > > I understand that originals, the ones not > converted to > > BRF or Daisy, are kept somewhere. Maybe they could > be > > put on the download list if someone who doesn't > want > > to scan wanted to fix them. But you guys are the > > bosses. :-) > > > > Cindy > > > > > > --- Lisa Friendly <lisaf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Hi everyone, > >> > >> Here�s our summary of the process for > correcting > >> books with bad content � > >> the issue we were discussing on the list for the > >> last couple of days. > >> > >> Bookshare.org is now requesting that books be > >> rescanned if a volunteer > >> wishes to improve a book in the collection. > Here�s > >> why: > >> > >> After reviewing the various options for > converting > >> books in the collection > >> to one of the formats required for submission, it > >> has been determined that > >> unfortunately, there is no way to convert a book > >> already in the collection > >> to a submission format without an unnacceptable > >> reduction in the subsequent > >> quality of the books navigation. > >> > >> Depending on which option would be used, the > >> resulting file will be missing > >> page breaks or page numbers, and it may be > missing > >> formatting such as bold, > >> italic, underlining or text size. Since the loss > of > >> quality could be as > >> much, if not more, than the quality gained by > >> cleaning up the text, > >> Bookshare.org has decided that it is in the best > >> interests of its members at > >> this time for books to be rescanned if a > volunteer > >> wishes to improve the > >> quality of a book. > >> > >> Thanks, Lisa and the Bookshare.org team > >> > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > > Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you > sell. > > http://searchmarketing.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. > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.9/834 - > Release Date: 6/5/2007 > > 2:38 PM > > > > > > 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. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Yahoo! Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos.yahoo.com/carfinder/ 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.