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Cindy --- estin <estin@xxxxxxx> wrote: > whats nimac again sorry. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Date sent: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 07:24:48 -0600 > >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality > books > > >Ann, I agree with everything that you say, but I > still have a > complaint. > >*smile, some people are never happy.* > > >My complaint is that bookshare is mixing up the > nimac books (not > readable by > >most of the people on this list) and publisher > quality books, > readable by > >everyone on this list, if they take the time and > effort to do it. > In fact, > >I've read a number of the publisher quality books, > and choose > them whenever > >possible because of their lack of errors. > > >However, I'm fairly sure that the number of nimac > books is going > to increase > >in the near (very near) future, and I think > bookshare should work > out a way > >to filter out the nimac books as soon as possible. > This should > be a fairly > >easy task to do as they already have a method of > distinguishing > between > >nimac books and publisher quality books. They have > to do that to > keep us > >from reading them. It's just a matter of priority. > > >Bob (the original curmudgeon). > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 6:19 AM > >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality > books > > > >> Hi all, > > >> Now, Brian, you either haven't been checking the > list of new > books, or you > >> haven't been paying attention to the threads > here. > > >> One, the Synopses issue has been solved. Allison > is working on > that, and > >> if you see a book that doesn't have one, a > synopsis, you can > send it to > >> her. > > >> Two, portability is possible, if you discover > that a PQ book > can't be read > >> by your favorite portable device, convert it! > Don't sit around, > be > >> proactive! Convert to HTML then to TXT. You can > place a TXT > file in any > >> kind of device: notetaker, PDA, cell phone, DOS > computer, Linux > computer > >> (both laptop and desktop) Windows 9x 2000 XP and > Vista (both > laptop and > >> desktop). Mr. Glass assures us that the > engineers are working > hard to > >> smooth out the wrinkles in this process, and they > need time vto > do that. > >> So, my friend, iffin you want a PQ book, download > it and convert > it. It > >> really only takes about five minutes. Shoot, > folks, when you > consider > >> that against not having the book at all or having > to wait two > years to > >> have the book read by NLS, I do believe that the > perspective > will become > >> self evident. > > >> Oh, now, I'm not letting the Bookshare staff off > the hook by any > means. It > >> is their job to figure out the solution to the > format issues, > but I'm > >> prepared to wait a reasonable amount of time for > it to happen. > > >> Just a personal note here. I was walking into > Church Choir > rehearsal on > >> Wednesday night and struck up a conversation with > one of the > other > >> sopranos about the book I'm currently validating. > Oh, yes, she > said. > >> That's her newest book isn't it, came out late > last year. Now > folks, when > >> has that happened to you? That, my friends, is a > total rush for > me! I > >> used to sit smiling at dinner tables and in other > gatherings > while people > >> around me discussed the latest books. Now, *I* > can do it too! > That, I am > >> afraid puts things into perspective for me pretty > darn quick. > > >> Ann P. > > >> Original message: > >>> All, > > >>> I can't understand how one is supposed to use > these books if > they are not > >>> portable in any way... Are they strictly for > desktop reading? > Very > >>> puzzling, and very frustrating. > > >>> And then the lack of synopsies... Whew! Very > frustrating. > > >>> Brian Miller > > >> -- > >> Ann K. 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