[bksvol-discuss] Re: Call for sighted proofreaders

  • From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 19:29:26 -0700

You say we need to keep the pages even if they are blanks -- but do you
also mean we have to keep the images, i.e., add the descriptions? If I can
get the right editions I'll do some if there's no hurry.. I have  3 books
and an almost-finished one to do first

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 3:59 PM, Madeleine Linares
<Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  Hi everyone, ****
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> It’s been brought to my attention that the Jane Yolen books that we have
> in the collection are actually significantly longer than we initially
> realized. There are a lot of pages with images that have been removed, and
> since we must keep the books as true as possible to the original printed
> version, we’ll need to keep those pages, even if they’re blank. Before I
> pull all of those books, I’d like to throw out the idea of a sighted
> proofreader getting a physical copy of the book and adding in the pages.
> I’ll give extra credits! If interested, you’ll need the same edition as the
> one scanned (same copyright date, etc.). If anyone has any questions,
> please let me know. If this sounds interesting to you, let me know and I
> can send you a list of the books.****
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> Thanks,****
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> Madeleine Linares****
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> Volunteer Coordinator****
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> Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative****
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> 650-644-3459****
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> madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx****
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