[bksvol-discuss] reading every word while validating
- From: Jamie Yates <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 03:44:17 -0800 (PST)
I would read the books I validate except that really I
just don't like to read a whole book at my computer. I
love to read--don't get me wrong. My goal was to read
150 books this year and I'm really close to that goal.
But also I don't like to take books to validate that
someone else really wants. Plus I don't want to take
away the chance for credit from someone else. So when
I want to validate a book I usually "troll" the list
and look and see how long a book has been on step one.
If it has only been on for 30 days or less I don't
take that book.
I feel like I have sight and I have a wonderful
library system available to me and if I really want to
read a book I should use MY resources to read that
book and not Bookshare's resources. Bookshare is there
for those who have a need for it and I don't have that
need. Though you can be sure if I did, Bookshare is
where I would go. I tell everybody I know about
Bookshare because I think it is such a wonderful
resource. You never know when somebody knows somebody
who could benefit from Bookshare and I kind of believe
for Bookshare to grow they are going to continue to
need to recruit new subscribers. I've worked at a
non-profit (Easter Seals) before and money doesn't
grow on trees any more for a non-profit than it does
for anybody else.
So I try to validate books that have been on the list
for a long time, or that have been released by more
than one person. Those are the books I know probably
have problems that maybe I can fix just because I can
see it on my screen. So, that's a long answer to say
no I don't read every word of books I validate. But
even if I did, I find that the human brain has made
eyesight such that it automatically corrects errors
when reading. One class I took recently had this page
that had things like
when the the monkey went over the mountain
and when we were asked in class to read it aloud,
almost every person read his or her sentence with only
one "the"
Our brains are wired to read things the way they were
intended and not as they were written. That's why it's
hard to proof read a paper you have written yourself.
You read what you want to be there. In Braille reading
and in listening the errors are so obvious, I assume.
I know in Braille they are because in learning to
write Braille with a slate and stylus I made and still
make errors that my friend will laughingly point out
to me. And in speech readers I am sure it is the same
case.
Anybody still awake after that long winded nonsense?
smile
--- Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> You're doing an excellent job and deserve kudos for
> taking on those textbooks. I've done a couple of
> books
> literally two that I haven't read either, and then I
> do what you describe, and as I'm putting in the page
> breaks I scan the page and sometimes catch a scanno
> that way--or the spell--check, which I have on,
> points
> them out by underlining them in red. Generally I do
> fiction and nonfiction, though not textbooks, and
> I've
> found that I've actually enjoyed some books I
> wouldn't
> have expected to, in both categories.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Jamie Yates <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > When I've scanned books I try to fix it all up
> > before
> > I upload it so I try to make sure the blank lines
> > are
> > in the right place, take the headers out, check
> > spelling, etc.
> >
> > I am having a horrible time scanning the
> Confessions
> > of a Shopaholic. I can't do it as facing pages or
> it
> > only presents half of each page for some reason
> (in
> > Omnipage).
> >
> > Which means I am back to putting in page breaks
> > manually. Which is ok it just takes me longer.
> >
> > But yes in general if I validate a book I don't
> read
> > the whole thing. I find it cumbersome to read at
> my
> > computer. First I spell check, then I check for
> > page
> > numbers, page breaks, and the lines between page
> > numbers and page breaks. I have done books that
> did
> > not have page breaks and I put in page breaks
> > manually
> > for each page. I remove headers if they are still
> > there. If the book seems to have huge problems
> then
> > I
> > read at least the first dozen pages to see what is
> > going on.
> >
> > I have not validated a ton of books though. I have
> > done a couple of textbooks that seemed to have
> been
> > on
> > the step one list for a long, long time (one was
> > over
> > a year). I try not to validate any books that are
> > brand new on the list because I know there are
> > others
> > out there who want to read each word of it and I
> > respect that.
> >
> > I'm finding out I like to scan books. I especially
> > like this new-to-me scanner. When I get done
> > scanning
> > Confessions of a Shopaholic I am going to scan
> that
> > Devil in Grey book that someone requested. And I
> see
> > that India vegetarian cookbook is at the library
> > waiting for me too, but I have to go to the pain
> > clinic today and get another injection so it will
> be
> > Friday before I can get to the library.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Jamie in Michigan
> >
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