I agree absolutely that books with different editions, where there has been changes or additions to text, that they should not count as duplicates. I would be willing to bet that they don't. I believe that the Nancy Drew books have some of the original and the modern editions, but I wouldn't swear to that.
Melissa Smith On 11/16/2010 2:29 PM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:
As to that last sentence, I wonder about that too. Perhaps Scott can give us a definitive answer. Do different editions of a book count as duplicates at Bookshare. I have thought that it might be good to scan certain books with minor variations in editions such as a different introduction. If I knew that it would not be rejected as a duplicate I just might consider undertaking certain editions like that. In the case of a large print book versus a standard print book in which the text is exactly the same I would not bother to scan a different edition of that and I do not necessarily see the advantage of having both editions, but sometime the differences can be pretty major or even if it is minor there is value in having both editions. I would be interested in what does and what does not count as a duplicate in the matterof different editions._ _ _ "Capitalism is war; socialism is peace." - Karl Liebnecht Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 1:35 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Large Print Editions, China and Chintz series, question about PQ booksDear Debbie,Most large print books the sold at bookstores and to libraries, includingThorndike Press are 16 point. Their page lengths don't correspond withtheir regular print counterparts. Large print editions have approximately %35 more pages than regular print books though this changes according to thevarying lengths of regular print pages. Textbooks are in larger format because they are produced to retain the same amount of text per page sochildren using them would be on the same page numbers as their classmate, thus the larger format. It must require a larger page to reproduce the sameamount of text and graphic material in a larger format. Children's largeprint textbooks also leave more space between lines, not a complete emptyline, but a little more white space to help low vision children track without moving unintentionally between lines when they read. Children'sbooks, especially for the lower grades, may be in a larger font, as well,but 16 point is fairly standard.When Evan and I prepare large print books for Bookshare, we reduce the font to 12 point, the font we always use for content, then mark up in bold in 2point increments. O.T. I used braille in school, but my older brother had large print textbooks. In my teaching, about three fourths of my students read large print and one fourth read braille.I love proofing books using large print to double check errors because, even with the help of my CCTV cranked up to high magnification, it is easier for me to decipher nice, bold, uniform, 16 point text. I try hard to find large print books at library book sales, but since, for the most part, it is thepopular books chosen to be offered in large print, it isn't easy to findlarge print books that aren't already in the collection scanned in regularprint, or sometimes in large print.Currently I'm proofing the large print edition of A Hex of a Wedding, number 6 in the China and Chintz series. Our file of book 5 in this entertaining series, A Harvest of Bones was from the Large Print edition as well. Amber W. Natasha B, Carrie Carnos, Christine and Maive worked on books 1-4 of thisseries about a Medium who is the parent of 2 children, who has a youngerfireman boyfriend and great friends. These books are paranormal mysteries,told with a light, not silly touch. You don't have to be a fan of paranormal lit to enjoy them. I recommend them to anyone who likes mysteries, including cozy mysteries. As far as I know, when book 6 is approved, Bookshare will have the complete series to date.I wonder if when a book is replaced by a PQ book, its counterpart would bekept if it's from a large print book with a different ISBN. Enjoy your large print scanning! Always with love, Lissi----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 12:12 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Large Print EditionsHi Bob and everyone! One of the books that I scanned: "And Then There Were Two: A Dani Ross Mystery by Gilbert Morris" says on the last page in part: The employees of Thorndike Press hope you have enjoyed this Large Print book. All our Large Print titles are designed for easy reading, and all our books are made to last. Other Thorndike Press Large Print books areavailable at your library, through selected bookstores, or directly fromthe publisher.Although the book was in what they consider "large print", this was not a large book like I used to notice the large print textbooks my friends werereading in grade school, which were oversized books. The book scannedvery well. I would guess the size of the print was 14 point, but I'm not sure. It certainly was not oversized. Large print means different thingsto different people. Debby At 04:43 PM 11/15/2010, Bob W wroteHi Melissa. I think I've seen books that say something about being in large type in the collection.But I would think these books would present problems for a scanner. OCRprograms are usually set up for standard size print, not large print. Just my opinion, Bob----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>To: "Bookshare Volunteer List" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 4:28 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Large Print EditionsI double checked the scanning and proofing manual, but didn't see anything about this in the section on what books are eligible for Bookshare. Can we submit large print editions? Thanks, -- Melissa Smith To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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