Well, I haven't mailed any books to PG, but it is in their information pages that books sent to them are destructively scanned. "I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world." Eugene V. Debs The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html _ table with 2 columns and 6 rows Subj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent These to Bookshare Date: 11/6/2009 2:53:13 AM Eastern Standard Time From: popularplace@xxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end I didn't know that My volunteer work started as a scanner for PG--on my home scanner. I did mail one book to PG to scane because it was an old Mark twain with beautiful illustrations and I knew the illustrations wouldn't scan The book was returned to me intact. Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Thu, 11/5/09, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent These to Bookshare > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 8:25 PM > Hi Roger! > > Thanks for telling us about Project Gutenberg's procedure > being like > Bookshare's. It's things like this we need to know. > > Debby > > At 09:53 AM 11/5/2009, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx > wrote > >As a matter of fact, that is how Project Gutenberg does > it too, so if you > >have a valuable or collectible book, for goodness sake, > don't send it to > >either organization. > > > > > >"I have no country to fight for; my country is the > earth, and I am a > >citizen of the world." Eugene V. Debs > > > > The > Militant: > > <http://wwww.themilitant.com>http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: > > <http://www.pathfinderpress.com>http://www.pathfinderpress.com > >Granma International: > ><http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html > > _ > > > >table with 2 columns and 6 rows > >Subj: > >[bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent These to Bookshare > >Date: > >11/5/2009 2:37:57 AM Eastern Standard Time > >From: > >kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx > >Reply-to: > >bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: > >bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Sent from the Internet > >(Details) > >table end > > > >Hi, Debby, when I send stuff to Bookshare, they don't > send the books back, > >and for my part, I don't expect them to do so. As I > understand it, they > >remove the covers and chop the books so the pages can > be fed through a > >document-reader-type scanner. I think that's why people > might send them a > >lot of paperback books. (Pavi, please correct me if I'm > wrong about this > >one. I suppose you do the same with hardback books.) > Regards, Kim. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Debby Franson > >Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:31 PM > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent These to Bookshare > > > >Hi everyone! > > > >When people send books to bookshare, do they return the > print books or not? > > > >Debby > > > >At 12:43 PM 11/4/2009, Christina wrote > > >Hi, guys. > > >I sent the following books to Bookshare for > processing: A Song for > > >Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay, The Lions of al-Rassan > by Guy Gavriel Kay, > > >and Grey Knights an Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000.) > Christina > > > > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > >Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.50/2481 > - Release Date: > > >11/04/09 13:51:00 > > > >-- > >Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't > have. 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