[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. 
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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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