[bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:42:55 -0800 (PST)
Usually (but not always!) the text explains what the diagrams and charts are
illustrating in home improvement and other nonfiction books. Since some people
learn better by reading text, some by listening, and some by looking at
diagrams, these books try to cover all the bases. I chose books that had lots
of text, and ignored the books with lots of pictures. Since we're paying the
outsourcers, I'm that they'll do a good job with the books. If they don't,
we'll send the books back until they do do a good job.
One of our outsourcers gives us a good rate on difficult books, so we're trying
to send them lots of hard-to-proofread books, like the Complete Idiots and
Dummies series, and cookbooks, and such. They're getting all of the how-to and
home improvement books.
Carrie
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From: Robert Riddle <captinlogic@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:31:10 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
Hi Monica,
Unbeknownst to anyone, because the
books haven't been put into the collection yet,
I bought 20 books at the Home
Depot a month ago. These books are on plumbing, wiring,
drywall, trimwork,
barbecues, kitchen remodeling, brick and tile, landscaping, backyards
for
children, how houses are built, etc, etc. I also got some books on cutting
electricity
bills and creating 'greener' houses.
And thanks to a donation
of 600+ books a couple of months ago, there are maybe 16
books coming on
perennials, annuals, orchids, greenhouses, house plants, African
violets,
etc.
And a week ago, I bought a dozen books on films, and some TV series
(Lost, Firefly,
Star Trek).
And I bought a book on the history of American
birding. Never occurred to me that
someone would write a book about that, but
they did, so I got it.
I'll see if I can find books on defensive driving, car
maintenance, beauty/fashion,
scrapbooking, home decorating, and flower
arranging.
Our star Googler is looking for histories of the various countries
around the world
from non-American, non-European people, per another person's
request. And she's looking
for pro-communism writers too, per yet another
person's request. Since she likes
international politics, she's having a good
time with these last two requests.
Carrie
How are you going to handle all the diagrams and
such that appear in those type of home improvement books? It's my experience
that such how-to guides don't, as a rule, OCR very
well.
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