[bookshare-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality books

  • From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:10:28 -0700 (PDT)

Here's the URL for a good site explaining. The baby's
crying (I'm babysitting mygranddaughter) and I have to
get her from her nap.

G. 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
> 
> >> --
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