[bksvol-discuss] Re: Newbie looking for advice
- From: "Robert Tweedy" <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:20:47 -0500
Go to the step two page and release the book and then you can download it again
from the step one page.
----- Original Message -----
From: Devorah Greenstein
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Newbie looking for advice
I'm a very new volunteer. I validated two books successfully, studied the
volunteer manual, read the books, etc. and I loved doing it, I am hooked on
this validating thing; but two nights ago I had a weird and awful experience
downloading a book for validating. I lost a book. I, junior, remedial Bookshare
volunteer, have lost an entire book, misplaced the whole rtf file, it is gone!
I have searched all over my computer and I can't find it.
First of all, it was too late at night for me to be doing anything
purposeful, so I can't really tell you what I did, it seemed right at the time.
Second of all, I just noticed this minute when I tried once again to find the
file, that my Winzip file unzipper that I have been using in the free
evaluation mode, just told me my evaluation period is up. Did Winzip eat the
book because I haven't paid the $29?
I have searched my hard disk by file name and key phrase. I have searched in
Recent Documents. I have searched in Winzip Wizard. Not anywhere. The first two
books I had validated were found by the Winzip Wizard, but not my third book. I
feel distraught, embarrassed, and, well, I guess the word humiliated is not too
strong a word. How could I have lost a book? Is there any other place on my
computer that I can look that it might be hidden? I can't think so, if the
Winzip Wizard didn't find it.
Do I re-scan this book and submit it? Do the wise people at Bookshare keep a
back-up copy so incompetent people like me don't destroy submitters' hard work?
Fortunately the book is short. It's called An African Prayer Book by Desmond
Tutu. I was really looking forward to reading it and validating it. I am
looking for advice, help, direction. Should I go to the library and get a copy
to re-scan it and submit it for someone else to validate. Has anyone ever lost
an entire book?
Thanks for any advice. Feeling awful in snowy Minneapolis.
Devorah
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