[bookshare-discuss] Re: Advance copies of books
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 17:49:20 -0700 (PDT)
Dave, can you give me some idea of what you mean by a
text editor? Would that be a separate program I would
have to buy? I work in Microsoft Word for the
Macintosh -- I think I have somewhere that my husband
could install Applesoft. I can save in text only, text
with line breaks, MS-DSO text, MS-DOS text with line
breaks, unicode text, stationery (whatever that is)
Text with layout, and various Word Perfects. I
thought I tried them all with the first (and only
other) txt document I validated but I don't recall
that any of them retained the formatting I had put in
in Word.
Cindy
-- talmage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> Some of these txt books that are showing up are
> because I and others are
> probably going through our old collections of scans
> looking for suitable
> books for submissions.
> Before Bookshare came along, and before I got a
> newer copy of Openbook, I
> always saved to txt and wasn't too worried about the
> publisher's info, book
> jacket, and maintaining format.
> What I do now from time to time is go back through
> my collection and try to
> fill out series if I have a book that has the
> necessary info and isn't in
> bad shape.
> I know a lot of people don't like txt files, because
> there is a
> misconception that txt files don't maintain page
> breaks, italics,
> etc. They can in fact contain these attributes, but
> it is a factor of what
> you are using to edit the file. I.e. word
> processors are notoriously bad
> at keeping them, because they want to compel you to
> use their native
> format, and don't want to spend too much time on
> imported formats. The
> best way to validate a txt file is to find a text
> editor for your computer
> platform that maintains these attributes, and
> doesn't immediately reformat
> the file to some other format like RTF.
>
> HTH
>
> Dave
>
> At 09:51 PM 10/1/2004, you wrote:
> >-Marissa,
> >
> >You bring up a good point that to my knowledge (and
> >I've been here about one and one-half or two
> years, I
> >think) hasn't been mentioned here before. Maybe it
> >just doesn't come up very often. That is, that
> advance
> >copies (proof, or preview) of books can't be sold.
> I
> >gather from your post that that would hold true for
> >Bookshare as well as for any bookstore.
> >
> >Since I live in L.A., I we get donations of advance
> >copies of books that were sent to movie producers
> and
> >agents, and we can't sell them. Also, I've noticed
> on
> >paperbacks the notice that book with the covers
> torn
> >off aren't supposed to be sold; they supposedly
> were
> >extras that should have been returned to the
> publisher
> >and for which, presumably, the bookseller was
> >re-imbursed. I wonder if some of those books have
> been
> >scanned and that's why sometimes scanners have
> trouble
> >finding the publisher and copyright info.
> >
> >Cindy
> >
> >
> >
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