[bksvol-discuss] Re: Rise and Fall ... is done
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:17:30 -0800 (PST)
You definitely deserve to brag and deserve
congratulations.
If you did the bibliography and index, too, you're a
better person than I am, Gunga Din. I don't care how
long a book is if I'm interested in reading it, and as
I recall I found Rise and Fall interesting reading,
not at all tedious, years ago--but I would not have
attempted to validate the index and bibliography. I
usually give them a glance and figure they're usable
as is and if not, a reader can contact me (I put
myname and email address) and then I'll fix them.
So give yourself a big pat on the back and have some
of your favorite food and/or drink to celebrate.
G.Cndy
--- Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm bragging here, so you may want to skip this
> message if you are short on
> time, or don't wish to hear a Texan brag a bit.
>
> I have just completed validating the rise and fall
> of the third reich by
> William Shirer.
>
> Carrie did a beautiful job of scanning the book. I
> believe she even changed
> the page images to page breaks for me. (lol).
>
> I was initially put off by the length of the book;
> it had 1599 pages,
> including bibliography, footnotes and index.
>
> Since this is one of my favorite books, and since I
> initially requested a
> replacement of the book in the collection, I felt
> compelled to read the
> entire book. (I must admit that I did doze off a
> couple of times during the
> reading of the index.)
>
> The book started off with an accuracy rate of 94%
> according to K1000, and
> ended up with an accuracy of over 99% according to
> both bookshare's
> automated tool and Kurzweil 1000.
>
> I think one of the lessons I have learned from this
> project is to get books
> you are interested in. We tend to do that anyway,
> but, I think that working
> on a book that maintains your interest means that
> you put in more work and
> love to see that Bookshare's collection has the best
> end-product possible.
>
> Okay, I finished bragging, and will return you to
> your regularly scheduled
> program. And, though it was fun doing, I'm glad it's
> done.
>
> If Clair rejects it, I'll sure have egg on my face!
>
> Thanks for listening.
>
> Bob
>
>
> "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
> committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it
> is
> the only thing that ever has."--Margaret Mead
>
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