[bksvol-discuss] Re: Serious or Sirius?

Well, now, here's another example of homonyms causing
problems, E.  Gary wrote S i r i u s, and I checked to
see if it is already on the Wish List (it isn't). Evan
wrote S e r i o u s. Neither put the author's name. If
I were looking for the book in my library, or on
Amazon, I'd have a little trouble. This has happened
in the past, by the way, when I've looked for books by
title in the library and didn't find them. Then I've
looked under author name and found that the title I
was looking for was incorrect, though spelled the way
it sounded. That was the problem, too, when Ann or
whoever was looking for the Anne of Green Gables books
in the collection.

O.K. I'll stop now. I thinkk I've given enough
examples--probably too many. My apologies. I do tend
to go on and on and on. sigh

G.Cindy

--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> No rush. I will be moving in early December anyway,
> so it may be mid or late 
> December before I could validate them in any case.
> If they are too damaged, 
> I'll procure copies from somewhere in January and
> work on them. I can get a 
> used copy of Odd John and Serious from Amazon for
> three bucks, so don't put 
> yourself out if the damage is interfering with a
> good scan. I've had good 
> experiences with buying used books from there, so I
> will likely be able to 
> get a good copy if you can't get a decent scan from
> yours.
> 
> Yes, as I mentioned, NLS does have Last and First
> Men and Last Men in 
> London, in one volume, and Star Maker. I suppose
> they will be orphaned as 
> well when they move to digital only.
> 
> Evan
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Gary Petraccaro
>   To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 4:49 PM
>   Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books found on other
> services
> 
> 
>   I have Odd John and Sirius, an Last and First men
> and Starmaker.
>   I may Not get to them immediately since I have 2
> books I'm finishing up. 
> I'm working on Forgotten Men which needs its
> footnotes checked and properly 
> set up and Power to the People which needs a Name
> check (475 names 
> currently).
>   My guess is that I could get to it in the middle
> of December.  The books 
> are old and have been very slightly water damaged. 
> If they won't scan worth 
> a damn I'll let you know tomorrow.  Hope this helps.
>   .PS NLS did have two books on tape.
> 
>     ----- Original Message ----- 
>     From: Evan Reese
>     To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 7:38 AM
>     Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books found on
> other services
> 
> 
>     It would be an extraordinary, and unexpected,
> piece of good fortune if 
> you did have these. Whatever you find out, please
> send word to:
>     mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
>     Whatever the results of your search, thank you
> very much for checking.
> 
>     Evan
> 
> 
>       ----- Original Message ----- 
>       From: Gary Petraccaro
>       To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>       Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 8:37 AM
>       Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books found on
> other services
> 
> 
>       I used to have them.  May still.  I'll check.
>         ----- Original Message ----- 
>         From: Evan Reese
>         To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>         Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:01 AM
>         Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books found on
> other services
> 
> 
>         The two books were by Olaf Stapledon, a
> British science fiction 
> writer who had a great influence on Arthur C. Clarke
> and Greg Bear among 
> others. His most well-known works were published in
> the 1930's. He is one of 
> the few authors whose name has become an adjective.
> Whenever a reviewer says 
> that a work is "Stapledonian", many SF readers will
> immediately know that 
> that means it is grand in scope and probably takes
> place in the far future 
> and involves characters - posthumans - people very
> different from the ones 
> around now. Some consider his writing to be rather
> dry, but few would 
> disagree that it is extremely imaginative.
> 
>         The one that is available from NLS is Star
> Maker and the other book 
> was Odd John and Sirius - two separate novels, but
> published together in the 
> edition RFB&D had recorded. They did a pretty good
> job with both of those 
> recordings, too. It is sad to know that probably
> noone will hear them again. 
> I wish I had thought to check on them and order the
> tapes before it was too 
> late.
> 
>         NLS also has Last and First Men and Last Men
> in London, two other 
> books published in one volume. I wonder if those,
> and their version of Star 
> Maker, will also be orphaned when they stop sending
> out cassettes.
> 
>         Evan
> 
>           ----- Original Message ----- 
>           From: Gary Petraccaro
>           To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>           Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 9:17 PM
>           Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books found
> on other services
> 
> 
>           Which two?
>           Thanks.
> 
>             ----- Original Message ----- 
>             From: Evan Reese
>             To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>             Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 10:32 PM
>             Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books
> found on other services
> 
> 
>             There is also another issue: Whenever
> NLS changes its formats, 
> many books
>             are left behind - never to be accessible
> again. This happened 
> when they
>             stopped sending out records and it will
> happen again when they 
> stop lending
>             cassettes. The same thing happened with
> RFB&D books on cassette. 
> I picked up
>             a few that were on cassette that are not
> yet on CD, but I missed 
> some too -
>             probably some that I haven't thought of
> yet. Just last Thursday, 
> I was
>             saddened to discover that I couldn't
> find two books I like very 
> much that
>             they recorded years ago on tape that are
> now no longer available 
> because
>             they are not on CD. NLS has one of them
> on tape, but the other 
> is not
>             accessible anywhere at this time. I hope
> to fix that early next 
> year by
>             submitting it to Bookshare.
> 
>             With Bookshare books, I would expect
> that whatever new file 
> formats are
>             created and adopted, there will likely
> always be devices that 
> can read brf
>             files and devices that will read old
> versions of Daisy files. Or 
> even if
>             that is not the case, the rtf files that
> Bookshare has of all 
> submitted
>             books can be reprocessed into any new
> format that comes along. 
> In short, no
>             more orphaned books; or it is to be
> hoped, anyway.
> 
>             Evan
> 
>             ----- Original Message ----- 
>             From: "Lori Castner"
> <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>             To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>             Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 3:46 PM
>             Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books
> found on other services
> 
> 
>             > Plus, on bookshare, yu can get the
> books immediately--no 
> calling your
>             > regional library and waiting for the
> book to arrive.
>             >
>             > Cat Lover Lori
>             >
>             > ----- Original Message ----- 
>             > From: <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>             > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>             > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 12:33
> PM
>             > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books
> found on other services
>             >
>             >
>             >> Hi,
>             >> I favor having books on Bookshare
> even if they are 
> duplicates. One
>             >> example
>             >> of why is that although a site like
> National Braille Press 
> has them, they
>             >> are in grade two braille. That leaves
> out some people. NLS 
> may only have
>             >> it
>             >> on tape. That leaves out some people.
> Bookshare offers books 
> in both
>             >> DAISY
>             >> and brf formats. That includes
> everyone as far as I can tell. 
> I wish we
>             >> would stop pointing people to other
> sites to be honest. 
> Instead, I feel
>             >> we
>             >> should get those books and put them
> on Bookshare. I wish they 
> would join
>             >> us
>             >> and help us. That would centralize
> everything.
>             >>
>             >> Jim
>             >>
>             >> Thanks.
>             >>
>             >> Jim
>             >>
>             >> James D Homme, , Usability
> Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
>             >> james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx,
> 412-544-1810
>             >>
>             >> "Never doubt that a thoughtful group
> of committed citizens 
> can change the
>             >> world.  Indeed, it is the only thing
> that ever has." --  
> Margaret Mead
>             >>
>             >>
>             >>
>             >>
>             >>             "Dan Beaver"
>             >>             <dbeaver888@gmail
>             >>             .com> 
> To
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>             >>
>             >>
>             >>
>             >>
>             >>
>             >>
>             >> Hi all,
>             >>
>             >> I was thinking about some of the
> requests for books that are 
> found free
>             >> on
>             >> other services sites.  For example,
> Louisa May Alcot's books. 
> Mnay of
>             >> hers
>             >>
>             >> are free on Project Gutenberg.
>             >>
>             >> We already have links on Bookshare
> that simply point to other 
> services
>             >> sites
>             >> for books.  Why can't we do something
> similar in this case? 
> We have
>             >> links
>             >> that point to N BP for some books
> found exclusively over 
> there.
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>             >> Just a brain storm.
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