Right, but the problem will start with the scanner. If page numbers don't scan, the only options a submitter has is to get sighted help to be sure the page numbers are added correctly or if lucky to rely on an optacon.
It will be a dilemma in some situations. A term paper on Agatha Christy's work--how intriguing! Lori----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 4:46 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books Without Page Numbers
Lori, I do see your dilemma. It's why Bookshare doesn't require page numbersright now. The page numbers in books don't always scan correctly, and somebooks don't have page numbers in print. Sometimes it really doesn't matter.My issue isn't with books like yours. Mine is with people deliberately usingtechniques to remove page numbers that did scan properly. I'm not guessingthat they did it. They told me so and in the presence of other volunteers aswell. They say that since Bookshare doesn't require them, no one cares ifthey're stripped out. This bothers me because both of these people ended uphaving missing pages in their books, and they couldn't provide them to mesince they had no page numbers to go on and couldn't find the print pages intheir books. I ended up buying print books just to go through and find themissing text. I discovered from having the books myself that a whole chapterwas missing from the file I was proofreading. I probably should have just rejected these books as soon as I saw missing text, and I probably will in the future if I can't tell how many pages are missing. Also, even though it may sound strange, some people do need access to the correct print page numbers with light fiction. Sometimes people are using these books in book clubs, citing them for book reports, quoting them in blog posts or reviews, or referring to the book when writing a paper of literary criticism. I did my literary criticism paper on Agatha Christie'swork, and I had an awful time because many of the Bookshare copies lack pagenumbers. Citation became a time-consuming issue, and that's normally the easy part of writing a term paper. I guess there isn't a clear-cut answer here. This is why I should stick to scanning. (smile) Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signaturedatabase 4026 (20090421) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com 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.
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