You cab always pre-proof your books before submitting them, and I think many, if not most, scanners do. That way, too, if there is dialect or foreign orstrangely spelled words you can put that in warning in the comments section Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Tue, 11/17/09, gwen tweedy <gstweedy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: gwen tweedy <gstweedy@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: questions please and thank you delete if don't > like how I write. > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, November 17, 2009, 8:20 AM > > > > > > > > That makes sense on > the first question > Thanks. > I guess I just wish there > were a way when you goof > up and you know your scans most likely won't make it if > there would be a way you > could reject them yourself, clear your books so you > could have a clean > slate. > Thanks > Gwen > > > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: > EVAN REESE > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Tuesday, > November 17, 2009 10:13 > AM > Subject: > [bksvol-discuss] Re: questions > please and thank you delete if don't like how I > write. > > > Hi Gwen, > > As to the first > question, it used to be that > scanners could proofread, (validate), as it used to be > called), their own > works. However, that was changed because having a > different proofreader can > find mistakes that the original scanner missed. Seeing > with fresh eyes, in a > manner of speaking. I know that I have made mistakes in > books I submitted that > were caught by the proofreader, so I think this is a > good > system. > > Not sure I understand > your second question, > though. > > Evan > > > ----- Original Message > ----- > From: > gwen tweedy > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Sent: Tuesday, > November 17, 2009 9:46 > AM > Subject: > [bksvol-discuss] questions > please and thank you delete if don't like how I > write. > > > I'm wondering if > there are people who have no > trouble submitting books their books are always > excepted no matter > what. > Why couldn't > they be allowed to scan and > proof their own books if they so desired? > Question > 2: > Why can't a > scanner at least be allowed to > clear their book lists so they can start over > with no books > pending? > Thanks > Gwen > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.