[bksvol-discuss] Re: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT REJECT RIGHT AWAY!!!
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:50:55 -0400
That's a very nice offer. But you can't do it all, and people can't use the
justification of your doing it as a reason to just push titles through the
pipeline with little or no attention.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy R" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 5:55 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DO NOT REJECT RIGHT AWAY!!!
> I'VE POSTED THIS BEFORE AND I'LL BEG IT OF YOU ALL
> AGAIN (and yes, I do know that using capitals means
> I''m shouting). PLEASE DO NOT BE SO QUICK TO REJECT A
> BOOK. PLEASE, PLEASE RELEASE IT AND LET ME DOWNLOAD IT
> (if it's in rtf or txt or maybe doc.)
>
> If I can get the book from one of 3 library systems,
> then I can fix it. That way the submitter will get
> credit for submitting the book and the book will be
> added to, not dropped from, the collection. Who knows
> if the book, if rejected, will ever be scanned again?
> You have here a sighted person who can, if she can
> obtain the book, fix it. Even if I find the subject
> matter boring and/or don't care to read the book
> carefully, I can make sure the pagination is correct
> and run a spell check. If, as in Medieval Italy, there
> are dates, or if in a cookbook there are quantities
> that didn't scan (it seems fractions rarely do), I can
> scan the page and fix those -- at least most.
>
> I've fixed two books which had messed-up pagination.
> It seemed as if the OCR, or the form it was saved in,
> renumbered the pages, because both the original page
> numbers and some others that were way different but
> sequential were there. It was easy enough for me to
> delete the ones that didn't match the book -- a little
> time-consuming, because after I finished the book I
> did a "find' and found that I'd missed deleting some
> as I went along. BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE FOR, FOLKS!
> I feel that, because I'm retired and have the time,
> and because you all are very good and enjoy scanning
> and validating (I enjoy the latter, too) and most of
> you work or go to school or have family (my kids are
> grown and gone), perhaps I can help most by fixing
> books, though I do also scan and validate. Perhaps,
> too, in some cases being sighted can be an advantage
> in fixing the pagination of books, since I can tell
> what's a blank page or an illustration.
>
> Speaking of which, when I scan and validate I do
> indicate blank pages with their page numbers, in
> brackets --as well as illustrations, which I sometimes
> try to describe. I'm not saying that everyone should
> do it, but I think, even in a novel, missing page
> numbers might sometimes lead a person to think
> something important is missing.
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
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