[bksvol-discuss] Re: suggestions for volunteers about books to do
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:59:18 -0500
I have many of the old Hardy boys and Nancy Drew books as well as other classic
lines including the Bobbsey Twins and more. I think this is where being a
series captain or volunteering for a group will be a very good use of resources
and talents.
Susan asked me how many books are in my house and I had to honestly say that
there are probably approaching 1000 in my living room alone waiting to be
scanned and added. I guess I should go to scanning full-time instead of
proofreading, but my heart really is more in proofreading. Once I get done with
the Spanish grammar book I am working on I will return to more scanning of
these eclectic and older titles and series. Or, if someone has a good track
record of meticulous scanning I can send them a box of books and myself or one
of my trusted proofreaders could assist in getting some of these books in the
collection. The big cost is postage as I would need my books back to donate to
our local library.
Valerie
On Jul 27, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Jamie Prater wrote:
> Hi, all, in all that the publishers are doing, I wonder if the books from
> earlier years for Phyllis A. Whitney, Victoria Holt, Phillippa Carr, Daphne
> du Maurier, and the older nancy drew and Hardy Boys and other books from
> earlier like Grace Livingston Hill and Isabella Mcdonald Allen and June
> Masters BAcher and others will need to be scanned as they might not be likely
> to be submitted by the publishers. Some of these may be already in the
> collection and need cleaning up and submitted as bso's? I'm sure there are
> other authors like this that we'd all like that would keep you all busy and
> us all proofing and scanning. I've submitted these author preferences to the
> wish list, but I thought I'd submit them here to give people ideas of what
> would be additions that may not be duplicated. Also, Linda Nichols is
> another good author who could be more represented in the bookshare
> collection. Thanks again and have a blessed day.
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