[bksvol-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 14:59:28 -0400
Dear Roger Amy and Booksharian Friends,
The PQ books are transferred to Bookshare electronically and aren't hard copy
book donations so no scanning or validating is involved. I believe what we get
from them is their choice. It's wonderful that bookshare is hanging on to
duplicates already in the collection done by volunteers. For example, in
children's books, many have descriptions of the illustrations which won't be in
the PQ books, or in adult books the format has been tweaked by volunteers so it
will appear correctly in braille. Both Pq and Volunteer prepared books are of
value. The fact that some publishers donate electronic files of their books is
the best ever vote of confidence in Bookshare's integrity from the world of
book production.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, August 01, 2008 1:37 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality
Is it really necessary to scan publisher donated books. Publishers have
almost all of their books in electronic format any more and that is transmitted
to their printing presses saving on a lot of labor. It seems to me that if a
publisher were to donate books to Bookshare then they should be able to
transfer them directly to Bookshare electronically. In a message dated 8/1/2008
9:03:01 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
If Random House is donating books, especially Modern Library
editions, please think of me when it is time to scan. Modern Library editions
include some of the best translations of classics which may be in Bookshare but
with other, less definitive, translations. Same is true with some of Penguin
Classics. I had hoped to scan some of those specifically because of the
translations and the notes therewith.
Amy
omsm
--
It if be now, 'tis not to come,
If it be not to come, it will be now,
If it be now now, Yet it will come.
The readiness is all.
Wm. Shakespeare
-------------- Original message from "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx>:
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> If Random House is also donating books. That's great, but it
would be
> helpful to get a list of books so that we don't duplicate work.
It takes
> time and effort to get a book scanned and validated.
> ***
> Grace
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy"
> To:
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:21 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality
>
>
> >I know you're right that the book has been submitted by the
publisher.
> >Whether or not it's in electronic format I don't know. It's true
that it
> >does not have to be validated, but people who have downloaded
some of those
> >books have found extraneous characters and, in some cases, no
page
> >numbers--possibly no page breaks, but that I can't remember. The
bookshare
> >staff supposedly is fixing up the books before adding them to
the
> >collection--I think. Unfortunately, I think they're replacing
books that
> >volunteers have already scanned and validated in some cases, and
in those
> >cases they are not better. I keep hoping that they won't replace
them but
> >will sit alongside them in the collection. Public libraries have
more than
> >one copy of a book; why can't bookshare? We do have a list of
books donated
> >by HarperCollins so people can check that list and not scan or
validate a
> >book on that list, but I think some are being donated by Random
House. I
> >must ask.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 7/30/08, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >> From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Publisher Quality
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 8:52 PM
> >> I am just curious about this one. What does publisher
> >> quality mean? If I may
> >> guess I would think that the book is submitted by the
> >> publisher in
> >> electronic format and so it does not have to be validated.
> >>
> >>
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