I think the Hadley Group are volunteers, or maybe paid, but not one of the outsource groups that have problems. I think those groups are out of the country. Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Sat, 5/9/09, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Missing story titles > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Saturday, May 9, 2009, 4:49 PM > As far as I know, none of these > contractors are on this list, or at least > they don't contribute under the name of their business. > Maybe we can't offer > them any advice. > > If Carrey will put the original .rtf file > "Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of Zenna > Henderson" back on the > step 1 page with a hold for me, I'll be glad to fix the > story titles. > Fortunately, the book has a good table of contents and it > appears to have > good pagination so it shouldn't be much of a problem. > > > > I take it back, I have seen Hadley School for the Blind > contribute to this > list. Thanks Hadley, and sorry for the oversight. > > > > Bob > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, May 09, 2009 12:53 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Missing story titles > > > > > > When I was doing the list of books-added that John is > doing now (Thank > > you, John), I found very poorly written and in fact > totally eroneous > > synopses of books provided by outsourcers, plus > missing series titles and > > sometimes incorrect titles. I've never downloaded any > books, of course,but > > I have serious doubts about their quality. I think > Carrie stepped in and > > trained that particular group, and it sounds as if > someone needs to do > > that with this group. > > > > > > Cindy > > > > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) > and > > books-being-scanned list available at sites below > > > > > > > > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List > > > > Books Being Scanned List: > > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List > > > > > > --- On Fri, 5/8/09, EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> From: EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Missing story > titles > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Date: Friday, May 8, 2009, 7:34 PM > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Hmmm, if I'm at the > >> point where I'm missing the > >> beginning of a new chapter or worse, the beginning > of a new > >> story, I go to bed > >> or do something else until my mind is ready to > stay on the > >> book. > >> > >> More to the point is that > >> apparently noone at > >> Bookshare bothered to tell Daproim Africa how to > protect > >> section headings in > >> books. Which seems strange to me, given the amount > of > >> bandwidth that has been > >> devoted to this topic on this list. Makes me > wonder how > >> familiar those who > >> communicate with the outsourcers are with how > books get > >> into the collection, > >> especially about issues that can affect quality > such as > >> section headings being > >> stripped unless they are protected in some way. > Anyone from > >> the staff who has > >> spent much time on this list would have known to > tell them > >> to take care of that. > >> Currently, I see that D.A. has added 1,032 books > to the > >> collection. If they were > >> not told about protecting headings, then I wonder > >> what the chances are that > >> any of the other outsourcers were advised about > this. Which > >> means that there may > >> well be thousands upon thousands of books, fairly > recently > >> added books, that > >> will be missing chapter titles, story titles, > >> etc. > >> > >> I certainly hope that this > >> is not the > >> case. > >> > >> Evan > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message > >> ----- > >> From: > >> Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx > >> > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> > >> Sent: Friday, May > >> 08, 2009 7:55 PM > >> Subject: > >> [bksvol-discuss] Re: Missing > >> story titles > >> > >> Sometimes even with the titles there I > >> somehow > >> miss them. In fact, even with > human narrated NLS books > >> they have managed to > >> slip by me. I am inclined to > think that we need an > >> announcement something like > >> this: "Attention! Attention! > Attention! A new story > >> is about to start! Prepare > >> yourself to switch gears. The > last story has ended! Read > >> on and you will be > >> reading another story!" > >> > >> > >> > >> "Philosophers have merely > >> interpreted the world in various > ways; the point is to > >> change it." Karl > >> Marx > >> > >> table with 2 columns and 6 > >> rows > >> Subj: > >> [bksvol-discuss] Missing story > >> titles > >> Date: > >> 5/8/2009 6:06:53 PM Eastern > >> Daylight > >> Time > >> From: > >> rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Reply-to: > >> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> To: > >> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Sent > >> from the Internet > >> (Details) > >> table end > >> > >> I am currently > >> reading > >> > >> "Ingathering: The Complete People Stories of > Zenna > >> Henderson". > >> > >> This is a book of short stories, and, dammit, some > of > >> the story titles are missing. > >> > >> There's nothing more disparaging > >> than to be reading a story and > have something > >> surrealistic happen only > >> to find out it's a different > story. > >> > >> We had this > >> problem with the old stripper but > I thought her younger > >> daughter had learned > >> better. > >> > >> Can't engineering fix something as minor as a > story > >> title? > >> > >> Bob (mad as a wet hen)! > >> > >> "Never doubt that a small > >> group of thoughtful, > >> committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, > it > >> is > >> the only thing that ever has."--Margaret Mead > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ************** > >> Remember Mom this Mother's Day! Find > >> a florist near you now. > >> > >> (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=florist&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000006) > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > 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. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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