[bookshare-discuss] Re: publisher quality

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:44:57 -0400

Hey John,

Fix, the page break and page number issues before you start nuking excellent 
books for publisher quality o.k.

Letter perfect in my mind means that my student can look up page 137 with 
his or her classmates and get the RIGHT page.

Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com

More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my 
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Glass" <John.G@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 1:50 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: publisher quality


Hello Rita,

I don't think we have run into this situation yet.  Since we are still 
working to create .brf files for the publisher quality books, we wouldn't 
replace an existing book at this time.

In the future, we probably will replace existing books with publisher 
quality copies, as they will be letter perfect, i.e. they won't have any 
errors in them.




John Glass
Customer Support Manager, Bookshare

Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
Phone: +1 650 644-3403
Fax:  +1 650 475-1066

john.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
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-----Original Message-----
From: rita weyler [mailto:ritaweyler@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:56 AM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: publisher quality

What happensif a publisher donates a book that is already on the bookshare 
site?  Does the publisher quality book replace it or is  it left alone if it 
is already marked excellent.
Rita----- Original Message -----
From: "Allison Hilliker" <hillikera@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 8:01 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: publisher quality


> Hi everyone,
>
> Natalia wrote: "Since I subscribed, I have heard countless times about
> publisher quality books. What are publisher quality books?"
>
> ---
> Sorry it took me a while to reply to this.  You ask a good question.
> Publisher quality books are books that are donated to Bookshare by
> publishers.  They are especially good quality so they have their own
> quality rating.  The publishers send us the digital file and we
> convert it into Daisy and BRF.  Or at least we're working on the BRF.
> <smile>.  Recently, HarperCollins Publishers donated more than 500
> books to the Bookshare collection.  Some of those are already up on
> the site and the others should be joining them soon.
>
> I hope this has answered your question.
>
> Best,
> Allison
> allison.h@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Natalia Sulca" <youngbeautyqueen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 7:36 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: publisher quality
>
>
>
> Since I subscribed, I have heard countless times about publisher
> quality books. What are publisher quality books?
> Happy Reading,
>
>
>
>
> Nati
>
> Now Reading Lead Astray By sandra Brown
>> From: hillikera@xxxxxxxxx
>> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: publisher quality
>> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:26:33 -0700
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I recommend logging into the Bookshare site and then going to this link.
>> http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByAdvancedSearch.html?titlestring=&;
>> authorstring=&sort=3&language=0&quality=100&copyright=&category%5B%5D
>> =0%5C%3E%3Clabel+for%3D&operation=submit&submit=Search
>>
>> Another way to do this is to go to advanced search and search for
>> publisher quality.
>>
>> Let me know if you have difficulty.
>>
>> Allison
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yohandy"
>> To:
>> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 11:21 AM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: publisher quality
>>
>>
>>> Where are these publisher quality books found? Is it a special
>>> section on the bookshare site? thanks!
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Allison Hilliker"
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 11:02 PM
>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: publisher quality
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BRF is coming very soon. We are definitely working on it.
>>>>
>>>> And I'm still writing synopses for the pq books. I'd love volunteer
>>>> help if anyone is interested. You don't have to have read the books
>>>> you summarize. I'll talk you through the process. It's fairly
>>>> straight-forward I promise. If interested, one can write me at
>>>> allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Allison Hilliker
>>>> Bookshare.org Intern: operations and marketing outreach.
>>>> E-mail allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> www.bookshare.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "rita weyler"
>>>> To:
>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2008 6:20 PM
>>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] publisher quality
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi all
>>>> I'm not trying to open a can of worms but I was wondering if anyone
>>>> has heard when publisher quality books will be available in brf.
>>>> Thanks lots for any info.
>>>> Rita
>>>>
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