[bksvol-discuss] Re: some questions
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:24:18 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Mike. That's really good to know
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, 10/27/09, Mike <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mike <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: some questions
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 10:56 PM
> In google search put
>
> book: "book title"
>
> Note the colon : after book
>
> If google has scanned the book, the first link the search
> returns should be to the text of the book. Most books
> still in copyright only give you a partial preview of the
> book, but almost all of them have the title page, table of
> contents, and a few pages. Even if there is only a
> partial preview, you can almost always search for text
> within the book and it will return a snippet of a few
> sentences around your search words. And those snippets are
> now text, not a page image, so they are accessible.
> For example, there have been cases where a couple words in a
> book are garbled and I can't think of what they are supposed
> to be. But, in the sentence before the garble there is
> an unusual word. So, I find the book in google, search
> in the book for the unusual word and bingo, there is the
> snippet with what the garbled text should be.
>
> Of course, google has not scanned all books and some books,
> especially very recently released ones may not provide links
> to anything except where to buy them. But, overall, it
> has been very helpful to me.
>
> Misha
>
> gwen tweedy wrote:
> > Like what pages chapters begin things like that.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > *From:* Jamie Yates, CPhT
> <mailto:mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> > *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, October 27,
> 2009 7:31 PM
> > *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss]
> Re: some questions
> >
> > Amazon lets you look inside
> books, some books, but not all.
> > What kind of info
> are you looking for?
> >
> > --
> Jamie in Michigan
> > Currently Reading: Prayers for
> the Dead - Faye Kellerman
> > See everything I've read this
> year at:
> > www.michrxtech.com/books.html
> <http://www.michrxtech.com/books.html>
> >
>
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