[bookshare-discuss] Re: Queestionss:
- From: "Rui Cabral" <rui@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 01:25:25 -0400
Hi dorothy:
I will address 2 points. First off, here is what you need to look for when
validating a book.
The following paragraph is quoted from Jesse Fahnestock on August 13TH.
1. The book is not already on Bookshare.org, or if
it is, that it is being submitted as a superior replacement or transcribed
Braille copy.
2. The book is not an eBook acquired under
proprietary agreement (e.g. a commercial eBook, a
book from WebBraille, etc.)
3. The copyright name and date are included.
4. The title and author are included somewhere in the book.
5. The book is not missing multiple pages of core
content (core content does not include tables of
contents, indeces, picture pages, or other front or
back matter and the like).
6. The book is readable.
If a book meets all of these requirements, you may
absolutely accept the book. Indeed, I encourage it.
If the book is missing page numbers, or has running
headers, or the table of contents is jumbled, or the
title page is missing (but the above info is still
available), those are not bases for rejecting the book.
--
Dorothy I hope that helped.
Also, in your message below, you described a book that probably should be
rejected. That book is of poor quality. If you have to guess at too many
words, your no longer reading, your "interpreting the book."
-- Rui
http://members.cox.net/booksharescans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dorothy Dean" <ddean21@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 10:14 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Queestionss:
> You all have been making me feel just a wee bit guilty. Although I scan,
I sometimes hesitate to validate. Here are my reasons: When parts (let's
say half a page) scans poorly throughout the book, I hesitate to accept it.
I feel that the book is readable, but the errors are pr3etty evident. Also
when words are left out, I have an idea what the missing words might be, but
wonder if I should guess. Today I sent up a book, or rather I released a
book, thinking that I would have a chance to state my reasons, but nothing
happened, no clue for comments. At the moment I'm validating a book that
really seems good. Althouggh I have validated books, what I really need to
know is: what exactly should we do--check title author, title, publishers,
isbn (if an6y), whether the book is submitted in its entirety. I don't
really know how to eliminate the extra spacing--tabs and lines. I know I
can do this, but when I went to codes, I don't think I really got any place.
Since I would
> very muc
> t improving the book, can someone give me concrete (very concrete)
directions. Thank you all. Dorothy
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