[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Missing Periods

I don't proof without hard copies. That's why I made the suggestion I did. I don't have either of the books. 
I had an extensive sf library which a broken water pipe destroyed some years
ago or else I might have had them.
If there's anyway I can be of help, please let me know.
Of course, if you do something I do still have, I'll do what I can.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 3:26 PM
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I don't think it is necessary. As I progress through the book it is
scanning better. If you like old sf, though, you might want to proof the
ones I already have on the checkout list. There is Lord of Blood by Dave
Van Arnam and The Mind Brothers by Peter Heath.


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----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:22 PM
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I like old sf.
I'm willing to try if you will ship.
Let me know.  If you want them back, let me know.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 12:11 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Missing Periods



I can't say that it is that important to me. When I first started
scanning I was looking around for something to scan and a neighbor came
up with some very old science fiction mass market paperbacks from a
storage room and they had been there for years. My first attempts got
only garble for me. I have now become a bit better at scanning old mass
market paperbacks, but they still are not as easy as newer trade books. I
also had to give up on at least a couple. As for this one, the last two
pages scanned okay the last time I worked on it yesterday, so I will
stick with it a while before I give up. If the frustration grows too much
I will just move on to something else.


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most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and
most menial tasks, have the least." - Eugene V. Debs


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Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International:
 http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 2:09 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Missing Periods



Try a different copy or edition.  Try libraries or one of the used book
places if it's an important book for you personally.  I have a book
just like that and it took 2 different editions, paper and hardback,
before I got the problem solved.  One has dropped periods and one has
textual problems. I compare editions whenever there's a problem.  I
read the first 15 pages and fixed periods and commas, too.  I then did
the same pages over with someone else reading along and we still found
that we could miss punctuation marks.  That's why I eventually decided
to go with the book with textual issues and compare with the dropped
periods copy for any words that weren't obvious.  Btw, a comparison
showed about 6000 commas and periods each with 100 of each missing.
It's not that that's a lot, it's that they're so overlookable.
Now, a "the" that's a "die" sticks out and yells at you.
Good luck.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2010 9:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Missing Periods



To follow up on my earlier post, I have now scanned pages four and
five. Page four turned out okay, but page five was missing it's
periods. I didn't try rescanning this time. I just went through it
inserting the periods. Thank goodness some of the periods were there
this time, but most of them were not. If I have to go through this for
the entire book this is going to be a slow and tedious job. Does
anyone know of a find and replace that will fix this using Open Book
as the editing software? Better yet, does anyone know of a way to
prevent it in the first place?


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"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the
most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and
most menial tasks, have the least." - Eugene V. Debs


The Militant:
http://www.themilitant.com
Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International:
 http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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