[bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Submitted in January
- From: "Diane Scalzi" <dscalzi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 21:11:15 -0500
Great, and thanks. I propose to keep the captions but edit sentences so
they will end before the captions where necessary. I will strip headings
but leave page numbers, and will leave the advertising as is. Since I don't
want the book rejected again, I hope these changes will be OK.
Diane
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 6:47 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Submitted in January
O.K., Diane. I've downloaded it and will reject it with a note saying that
the submitter wants to make some corrections and resubmit.
Cindy
--- Diane Scalzi <dscalzi@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the input, Gerald. The book I submitted also has a listing
> of other books from the publisher in the back, which I guess you are
> saying should be omitted since it constitutes advertising.
> I would like to get
> this book back so I can work on it myself, since it seems to need
> significant editing. Do I wait for someone to reject it, or can I
> download it as if I were going to validate it myself? If I need to
> wait for a rejection, I hope someone will do it right away.
> Thanks.
>
> _____
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerald Hovas
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 7:54 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book Submitted in January
>
>
> Diane,
>
> I don't believe K-1000 has the capability to strip the text from
> headers or footers and leave the page numbers yet. I think it's been
> asked for though to make preparing books for Bookshare easier.
> Please leave them in the
> book. They make it possible for members to discuss books with friends
> or in a class. Several have said it's very frustrating when people
> are referencing a particular page and they have trouble finding it
> because someone stripped the entire header and/or footer.
>
> As for captions, I don't think it will matter if you move them
> slightly so that one falls between two paragraphs to allow the book to
> read better.
> It's not critical that they are even left in, but I believe they
> usually are. It depends on the circumstances and whether or not
> they're considered main content. If the pictures appear on a page
> which is not included in the page numbering, then feel free to leave
> them out or move them to the end of the book. By not included in the
> page numbering, I'm referring to pages by themselves which which not
> only do not have a page number, but appear between two pages which are
> numbered consecutively like pages 55 and 56, so that no one would even
> know if the pages with the pictures are removed since there will be no
> gap in the page numbering.
>
> My experience with what Bookshare considers main content would suggest
> that only the main text is considered main content, and that anything
> else is optional. My experience with volunteers on this list,
> however, is that they would like to see captions--and most everything
> else--included if at all possible. I think the things that just about
> everyone has agreed they don't care to see are advertisements and
> order forms.
> Bookshare would definitely
> consider them not main content. My own thoughts would be that if
> material is left out when the book is published in a different format,
> then it wasn't main content. I know that there are two editions in
> hardback of Marley and
> Me: one with pictures and one without. In that instance, I'd consider
> the pictures not to be main content.
>
> HTH
>
> Gerald
>
>
> _____
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Diane Scalzi
> Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 1:25 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Book Submitted in January
>
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Thank you to all of you who responded to my test message, and, yes, I
> did receive my copy as well. John Glass, if you read this, special
> thanks to you for fixing my email address.
>
> On January 15, I submitted Steve Tasker's Tales of the Buffalo Bills
> by Steve Tasker and Scott Pitoniak. (I notice the system reversed the
> names.
> I uploaded the book before I saw the messages discussing this
> problem.) It is a light read and I think a good scan. However, I was
> not aware of the need to remove page headers but retain page numbers.
> I wonder if it would
> be better to set K1000 to ignore headers and footers, but then it
> would seem that the page numbers might go away, too. Please let me
> know what you think.
>
> There are also some pages with photographs where the captions break up
> sentences. (I would welcome any suggestions for editing books so the
> captions can come after the complete sentences. I left it alone
> because I didn't know the legal ramifications of making such
> changes.) Here is the
> book jacket info.
>
> A few days after becoming head coach of the Buffalo Bills midway
> through the
> 1986 season, Marv Levy made his first personnel decision, claiming
> Houston Oilers reserve wide receiver Steve Tasker off the waiver wire.
> It seemed like an afterthought at the time, but in retrospect, proved
> to be one of Levy's most prescient moves.
>
> Over the next 11 seasons, the diminutive 5-foot-9,
> 175- pound Tasker was a
> huge contributor as the Bills strung together an unprecedented four
> consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the early 1990s. Along the way,
> Tasker earned seven invitations to the Pro Bowl, and during the
> National Football League's 75th anniversary celebration, he was named
> the greatest special teams player of all-time.
>
> In Steve Tasker's Tales from the Buffalo Bills, the football star
> turned network television analyst takes a behind-the- scenes look at
> the franchise's most glorious era.
>
> With the assistance of award-winning sports columnist and author Scott
> Pitoniak, Tasker provides readers with insightful vignettes of
> colorful Bills personalities such as Levy, Jim Kelly, Bruce Smith,
> Thurman Thomas, and Ralph Wilson.
>
> He details the euphoria following the Bills'
> miraculous comeback from a
> 32-point deficit against the Houston Oilers in that
> 1993 Wildcard game, and
> the devastation after Scott Norwood's kick sailed wide right in Super
> Bowl XXV.
>
> There are humorous moments-like the time Ray Bentley nailed Fred
> Smerlas'
> cleats to the locker room floor- and the time Hall of Fame coach Hank
> Stram mistook Tasker for a caddie. And there are poignant moments-like
> the morning Levy told his players he had to take a leave of absence to
> undergo surgery for the removal of his cancerous prostate.
>
> CONTINUED ON BACK FLAP
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> CONTINUED FROM FRONT FLAP
>
>
>
> Tasker takes the reader inside the helmet of NFL players, describing
> for them the deadly efficiency of the Bills' no- huddle offense
> ("There were times when we felt like we were unstoppable") and the
> effects of a jarring hit ("It's like being in a violent car wreck").
>
>
>
> I hope someone will be willing to validate this book. If you aren't
> up to making the formatting changes, I guess you can reject it and I
> can fix it.
> I have the book, so can answer any questions you may have. Thanks for
> all you do. I really enjoy reading your posts, and have learned a lot
> already.
>
>
>
>
> Diane Scalzi, WI8K
> email: wi8k@xxxxxxxx
> phone: (586) 337-5226
> address: 21621 Briarcliff, St. Clair Shores, MI
> 48082
>
>
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