The previews for other books, definitely. If they sound good, then I might be motivated to scan them if they are not already on Bookshare. The coupons for ordering other books would be nice if they scan okay, but if not, then it's not a major loss for me. I had to delete one of those order forms in an old paperback I validated last summer because it was in really bad shape, and the formatting was terrible. The print was extremely small and there were check boxes for filling in and sending to the publisher. I just couldn't see how I could get it to come out intelligibly without a sighted person reading through it all and it didn't seem worth the trouble in that case because the info was very much outdated and almost certainly useless.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindGeek" <yakkoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Does this mean you also want to be able to read the coupons for ordering other books which are sometimes included at the back of a book, or the preview samples from other books which are sometimes included as well, even if those books aren't available on Bookshare?----- Original Message ----- From: "groups Warford" <groups_warford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Do We include reviewsHi All,As a reader I appreciate reviews and comments being left in a book whenever possible. I definitely always leave them when I validate. To me, it givesthe reader a choice; skip them if you want to, or read them if you're interested. Of course I don't scan and can definitely understand material not being included if it's basically impossible. Otherwise I appreciate the book being as close to what I would get if I could just buy a print copy at a bookstore. Hope this makes sense, and it's not going to turn into a controversial topic! <smile>! Cindy 4 Forbidden fruits create many jams. --Author Unknown -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:29 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Do We include reviews I might agree with you if all books in a certain genre had reviews byauthors in the same genre. But many do not have reviews in the book at all, and those that do have them are not all by the same authors. So those that do have reviews - especially by authors that I know and like - are of valueto me. Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 1:35 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Do We include reviewsI was going to say not to bother, but if Guido wants them. I don't put reviews from the back cover; if reviews of the book have been scanned, as validator I leave them, usually. Of course the reviews of the book are going to be raves. Guido, do you really find them useful, or are you referring to reviews of other books by the same author, which I can see would be useful if they have info about the book don't just say how wonderful the books are. I've come to realize that authors of the same genre will give positive reviews to a fellow author's book in that genre, probably because they want the same treatment. I have upon occasion, after reading/validating a book, wondered how on earth it could have been given such a good review. That's what made me realize. G.Cndy --- robert tweedy <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx> wrote:Okay it's the inside of the front cover that give me problems. I guess I can rescan them after doing the book since the print is more in bold. Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454----- Original Message ----- From: Guido CoronaTo: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 7:49 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Do We Robert, please do put those front advertorials in at the beginning of a book. They are often quite informative. . . I cut them off only when they have been totally mangled by the OCR and cannot be reconstructed. Guido Guido Dante Corona IBM Research, Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) Austin Tx. Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.ibm.com/able ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being wise." [David Poyer, The Command] "robert tweedy" <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx> Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/30/2008 04:11 PM Please respond to bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Do We Do we have to put all the reviews of the book in? We know that what ever the review is it will be good for that book and can we just put in the title page and the copyright page of course? I forgot to put the title and author on night and there are a few junk characters on the first page and fourth page. I set kurzweil or should I say kurzweil sets it's self and if the print is bold at the beginning where the reviews are it's a mess. Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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