[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Book on the Checkout List the Longest
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:37:50 -0600
Gwen,
Did you try deleting the publisher? Sometimes that works.
Sue S.
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From: "gwen tweedy" <gstweedy@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:25 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Book on the Checkout List the Longest
I did that, but when I let it go then it said error and would not let me
check it back in.
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From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:04 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Book on the Checkout List the Longest
> Gwen,
> I'm pretty sure that the book with too many pages was actually fine. When
> you check in a book that you've proofread, I don't believe that it is
> analyzed again for the number of pages. The number of pages is an edit box
> where you can enter the number of pages. Many time I have had to change
> this to reflect the actual number of pages in the book. So, for future
> reference, don't be worried if the number of pages isn't the same as the
> number in your file.
>
> I'm sure that some of the older books may be more complicated than some
> proofers can handle, but I'm also sure that some were overlooked and some
> people just weren't interested in proofing. There are several books on
> Shakespeare and Wordsworth, that have been up there for a long time, that
> I, and I'm sure others, are simply not interested in, but they may be
> perfectly good scans. I don't know. I'm also sure that there's someone who
> would be willing to take them, but may not have seen them.
>
> Melissa
>
>
> gwen tweedy wrote:
>> I have tended to grab from the first pages as well, but I have looked at
>> some of the other pages. I was afraid if they were still there after a
>> long time, that they might be something I couldn't handle not knowing a
>> lot yet.
>> I had 3 books I had to release one had to many pages, I got the extra
>> pages out OK because it was a repeat of the same book, but when I went to
>> put it back up it still said the original number of pages, so I knew
>> there was some kind of trouble that I could not fix.
>> The other two had something about page breaks not being right, and I
>> knew I'd screw those up, so had to let them go.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 6:25 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Book on the Checkout List the Longest
>>
>>
>>> I also released this book for that reason. I'm thinking that, when we
>>> release a book for a similar reason to this, perhaps we could send a
>>> note to the list, and bring it to the attention of someone who might be
>>> able to fix it.
>>>
>>> This discussion of how long books stay on the checkout list got me to
>>> thinking. I notice that many books are taken from the first page or 2 of
>>> results, and not the last pages. I wonder if more of the older books
>>> would be taken, if the sort order was reversed so that the older books
>>> appeared first. I know I've been guilty of taking the first book that
>>> looks interesting, instead of going through the whole list.
>>>
>>>
>>> Melissa
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Roger Loran Bailey wrote:
>>>> I just decided to see which book has been on the checkout list the
>>>> longest and it turns out that it is one that has been downloaded by a
>>>> number of people including me. It is "The Man Who Made Husbands
>>>> Jealous." It has been there for about two years now and it is actually
>>>> ready for the collection except for one problem. There are several
>>>> pages near the beginning of the book that contain a list of characters
>>>> and a description of each. The problem is that the names do not match
>>>> up with the descriptions. I remember that I released it because I could
>>>> not tell which name belonged with which description and I could not
>>>> quite tell where one description ended and another one began. It is
>>>> likely that that is why others have released it too. I suspect that a
>>>> sighted proofreader might be able to tell how to match them up or, if
>>>> not, the problem pages might just need a rescanning. I thought I would
>>>> just bring this to your attention so that maybe someone can take a look
>>>> at it and perhaps get it moving on its long overdue way.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _ _ _
>>>>
>>>> "I believe in recognizing every human being as a human being, neither
>>>> white,
>>>> black, brown nor red. When you are dealing with humanity as one family,
>>>> there's no question of integration or intermarriage. It's just one
>>>> human
>>>> being marrying another human being, or one human being living around
>>>> and
>>>> with another human being.... The worst form of a human being, I
>>>> believe, is
>>>> one who judges another human being by the color of his skin."
>>>> Malcolm X
>>>>
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