Hi Jess.Sounds like a good aproach to me. Before committing to put it in the bookshare collection how about sending me your scanned copy to rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Once you put it in the collection we can't exchange files.
Once you send it to me, I'll look it over, and, if possible, do some validating on it and send it back to you for submission. That way you can get the credits for submitting it, and we'll have a good idea about the quality of the scan etc.
Just a suggestion. (I always hated--but understand--bookshare's philosophy on sharing books in the collection. If what I have proposed is a breach of the bookshare sharing policy, I'm sure we'll hear from Carrey, Clair, or some other great chieftain from on high, and we can re-think our process.)
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 4:23 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Off topic: question about the differences in content between a first and second addition.
Hi Bob and Monica, Thanks for your response Bob. Yes, that is what I mean. The college said my professors name was to be announced. Therefore, I am unable to get in touch with him/her. What I am going to do is have my ORS counselor order the print book from amazon.com and scan it in and put it on bookshare.org. In the mean time, I plan to order the second addition from RFBD. This way, I start class knowing a little bit about my topic. To Monica: the reason why I have decided not to send the book to Carrie is because there is a companion CD that comes with the book. I really need this book within the next 2 weeks, so it would be faster this way. Would anyone like to validate the textbook I'm going to scan? It's called "Technology In Action." Jess On 1/1/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Jess, the answer to your question is yes, they are usually significantly different for two reasons. First, the publisher wants students to buy its new book, so they move around the content to different page numbers, add new questions for discussion, and sometimes reorder the chapters. This effectively prevents a student from using an older edition past its shelf life. I've seen this happening more often over the past ten years as textbook publishing has become more competitive. Second, new editions of a book usually contain new sections, updated factual information, and fix mistakes found in the text of the previous edition. With that said, it still may work out for you. This will depend on the subject of your class and how your professor teaches as to whether you can use the RFB book. If this is math or science, you're in a pickle. If it's something like psychology, history, or political science, you may be able to skate by. If the professor just lectures and tells you to read at home at your own pace, you're good to go. If your professor assigns you discussion questions from the book or does other things that depend on specific pages of the book, you could have a rough time. Have you considered asking Bookshare or your college's Student Services office to scan your book for you? It's kind of late in the game, but you still may have time to get this to work out. Talk to Carrie about the possibility, and consider FedX or UPS overnight or second day shipping to get it to her in time. Do not use media rate shipping from the post office if you need your book before the middle of February. That kind of shipping is cheaper, but it takes weeks for the package to get where it's going. -- Monica Willyard Visit my blog at http://www.scannersguild.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.-- Jessica Killian Bookshare Volunteer Validator and submitter To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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