[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: Scanning Books
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:54:27 -0700 (PDT)
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I can get from my library Final Acts by Alex Abella
Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham
Mother Nature by Sarah Andrews
and Murder in Scorpio by Martha Lawrence
and would be
delighted to proof them. I much prefer proofing files with problems and letting
others do perfect ones..
However, it might
take a little while. I'm finishing one book now and sort of committed to do a
few others
My library has several books with the title Shamanism but not by anyone named
Tom
Nor does it have any books by Lucien Diver
If you want me to proof them you can either put them up with a hold for me (I
have 3 in my pile but soon hope to have only 2) or just put them up with a
note in the comments section that the scans have problems and need to be
proofed by a sighted proofer who can obtain the books from the library (or
you're willing to mail them.I know of one other sighted proofer who might want
to do one or more of them if she can get them from her library, but she may
already have enough to do. Either I'll take them ASAP or If they are still
there when I've finished the one I'm working on I'll take them.Cindy
--- On Wed, 8/15/12, Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] FW: Scanning Books
To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, August 15, 2012, 1:59 PM
Hi everyone,
I received this message from a scanning volunteer. Her scans are not in great
condition and she explains more below. If there are any sighted proofreaders
who are interested in the books below and could possibly
get the books from libraries (and she also may be able to ship them), please
let me know!
Thanks,
Madeleine
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:57 AM
To: Madeleine Linares
Subject: Scanning Books
Hi Madeleine,
Mayrie wrote me one email with recommendations of settings to change. For some
reason as I mentioned to you when I switch to two pages, it lets me scan 20
pages or so and then gives an error message. I don’t know if you have any
sighted
proofreaders who might want to get the books. The reason given for rejection
on one of them was too many junk characters in the front of the book, but a
sighted person with the book could fix that as well. Anyway, I didn’t want to
clog up your system with
other books that are not going to pass muster, but I wanted to give you the
additional titles I’ve scanned unless you have someone interested who might
want to try to work with them.
The past ones were:
Final Acts by Alex Abella
Look to the Lady by Margery Allingham
Vamped by Lucienne Diver
Mother Nature by Sarah Andrews
I also have:
Shamanism by Tom (can’t remember his last name)
Murder in Scorpio by Martha Lawrence
The Tenth Saint by D.J. Niko
So, if you have someone who is interested, I can submit the books. I’m really
sorry it isn’t working out easier, and I don’t even know if re-installing the
program would help at this point. I don’t know why the program seems to
prefer one method over another, and I haven’t heard back from Mayrie after I
responded to her with the fact that the two-page thing results in an error
sooner rather than later.
Cheers,
--K
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