[bksvol-discuss] Re: validating
- From: "Kaitlyn Hill" <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2005 17:04:21 -0700
Hi Scott,
I would have to agree with you. I validating a couple of books early on and
I did the basics on them. Now I feel bad if I don't read the major of the
book because it seems even though spell checking does a good job there are
small tweaks that can be made like cleaning up garbled characters and end of
lines words.
I uploaded on book and when I got to the point of reading it for myself I
found the picture captions, which are on most pages got spread through out
the page I grabbed it and am doing a good job on it.
Bottom line I think is if the final produce is first class go for it!
Trying to find more time to read and scan, LOL :)
Kaitlyn
Level III Practitioner
Reconnective healing and the Reconnection
Level 1 Reiki healing
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Find your vessel and fill it wih the light and with the light behind the
light,Then let the light shine for the world so others may know the truth
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Blanks
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:45 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: validating
Weighing in on the validation discussion ...
I suspect there are two types of submitters. One type scans a book without
paying much attention to the content until after they've scanned, if at all.
The other submitter reads the book as they go. I happen to belong to the
latter group. You guys might think I'm strange, but I enjoy reading the book
as I scan it. And an advantage to this is that I get to know the book quite
well. Thus, I feel its perfectly acceptible for me to do the validation,
because there simply isn't a very high likelihood that anyone will know the
book as well as I do. Someone here mentioned that one shouldn't validate the
books they submit because they might be too "close" to the book. I guess I
can maybe see that point, but my initial feeling is that, at least in my
case, yes, I want the books on the site, but I really want those books to be
as close to pristine as possible. I would *never* knowingly rush a book
through either the scan or the validation just to get it on the site. I
really enjoy the challenge of producing a clean result.
I know this might be the exception rather than the rule, but I just wanted
to throw my thoughts into the pot.
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 3:27 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: validating
> Hi, Joanie. But how would one know that the submitter did pay that much
> attention to detail? How would one know that the submitter did read the
> book
> entirely through? All of the Janette Oke books I've been submitting have
> been read completely through. They are of excellent quality. Kurzweil's
> ranked spelling proves that. Most of them are at least 99.8 percent
> accurate
> or better. Is that good? Certainly, but don't take my word for it. *smile*
> I'm not saying anyone would do this, but it's possible that someone could
> say they read the book completely through in hopes of speeding up the
> process when, maybe, in fact, they did not. I think having another person
> validate is a good form of checks and balances and support it. I think
> it's
> a necessary part of making sure Bookshare stays true to what it was meant
> to
> be, and we do have copyright to think about. What if a submitter did
> validate their own submission and something in that area was missing?
> Those
> are just my thoughts, anyway. Take care.
> Julie Morales
> inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "CJ Vining" <Vining@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 10:01 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: validating
>
>
> That's one opinion I don't happen to agree with. If the book scanned
> poorly,
> then yes, a second person looking at the file may be a good idea, but if
> it's a near excellent scan to begin with, and the book is being read cover
> to cover anyway by the submitter, I don't see why that person's validation
> is any less valuable than someone else's. The book is still being read
> with
> the same attention to detail as one would give to a book one did not scan.
>
> Joanie
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rui" <goldWave@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 8:51 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: validating
>
>
>> (this is a repost of a message i wrote on 6/18/04)
>>
>> Hi Everyone:
>>
>> I am very glad that all the text quality people have come out of the
>> shadows.
>> There is only one more thing I would ask.
>> Please do not self-vallidate.
>> If your book has been sitting on the mountain of step 1 books for a
>> while,
>> (2 weeks of more) perhaps you could point that book out to the list.
>> I truly feel it is very worthwhile to have a second pair of eyes (pardon
> the
>> pun) look at the book.
>> That's why writers don't proofread their own books, a second person is
> lible
>> to catch more.
>>
>> I hope my text quality bretheron share my views on this.
>>
>> -- Rui
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Hope Hein" <hmhein@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, July 25, 2005 11:25 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] validating
>>
>>
>> >I am trying to validate This Side of HEAVEN. I down loaded it in to my
>> >documents, then unzipped it, then brought it up in word. Lastly I
>> >changed
>> >the file name so it could be edited. I found many errors as well as
> missing
>> >words or even possibly sentences. I am correcting the errors and trying
> to
>> >figure out what is supposed to be written to complete missing sentences.
> It
>> >is so garbled in some spots that I am going to check it out of the
> library
>> >and try a rescan. The reason I am saying all of this is two fold.
> Firstly,
>> >could my computer be doing something I.a. taking out words or not
>> >showing
>> >them to me? Secondly, could the people who scan the books also validate
>> >them since they have the print copies? This is just a suggestion. I know
>> >that I am knew and do not know much about scanning and validating. You
> all
>> >are doing a wonderful job and it is a privilege to read the books. I
>> >just
>> >wonder if the books could be scanned and validated by the same person
>> >it
>> >would save time and frustration. I have tried to validate four books and
>> >only one has made it so far.
>> >
>> > I would be grateful for any suggestions if anyone thinks my computer
>> > may
>> > be causing some of the missing lines. Also, please give me feedback on
>> > what you think of the same person scanning and validating.
>> > Thank you
>> > I love Book Share and truly want to make it the best it can be.
>> > Hope
>> >
>> >
>> >
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