[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the List
- From: Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2005 16:45:45 -0400 (EDT)
Patti
Thinking about Kellie's msg in this thread: initially, stick to books
without pictures or charts as these can be a nightmare even for
experienced book scanners.
Edit while you scan; and examine your results as you go along and rescan
pages which don't seem to be all that good.
The better a book looks upon initial examination, the more likely is going
to be accepted.
Validators prefer books that require either no work beyond the basic
requirements or minimal correcting.
If they felt they would have to put in hours to bring the book up to
grade, they might conclude that it would be faster to scan than edit.
And if that was their conclusion, they might "opt" to reject outright or
return the book to the pool for someone to make a judgment.
Before I scanned books, I validated for several months which gave me a
sense of what could and couldn't be done.
One of the many things I discovered is that scanned books, thanks to
products like Open Book and K1000 plus today's modern scanners, can be far
better than I initially expected.
Hence, there are validators out there that have raised what they deem as
fair to a higher bar.
And as more and more books get submitted and those become of higher and
higher quality, it is only natural that validator inclination
will be to demand more and more.
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