Monica, I will go look at the list and find a book scanned by one of these good scanners, and see what I can do with it. Thanks for the encouragement. Jim Rawls ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:25 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I chickened out. >Hi, Jim. I can understand you wanting to wait a bit and learn more >about validating. My first validation was a royal mess, and I >didn't know enough to reject the book when that's what should have >been done. I nearly gave up, and it's in the collection now with >only a fair rating. I wish someone had told me what I'm going to >tell you now. (smile) Jim, you can do this when you're >ready. There are easy validations, and there are some that require >the patience of a saint. If you start with an easy one, you'll >learn faster because you'll master the basics while enjoying what >you're doing. I keep a sort of list of submitters whose work is >easy to validate so I can recommend their books to new >volunteers. If a person isn't mentioned here, it doesn't mean >they're bad scanners. I just may not have seen their work. I can >tell you that books scanned by these people are easy to work >with... Jamie Yates, Carrie Karnos, Mayrie Renae, Jake Brownell, >Scott Blanks, Bud Schwab, Jim Baugh, and Kaitlyn (Katie) Hill. All >of these people do some proofreading before submitting, and many of >them submit scans that are nearly flawless. When I grow up, I want >to be just like them. (grin) I recommend that new volunteers start >with easy books to get comfortable with validating. Once you feel >more confident about the process, the rougher scans will be easier >to work with. "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today!" Will Rogers Monica Willyard, rhyami@xxxxxxxxx Add rhyami to your Skype if you'd like to chat. 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. 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.