[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: Re: Pearson and Imprints
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 18:07:28 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks. I've got them/. Now I've forgotten what this is a list of--books that
are safe to scan and proof or books that are not?
Cindy
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> From: "Ixchel, Jackie" <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, April 9, 2012 9:11 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fwd: Re: Pearson and Imprints
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>Hi,
>Cindy here are the attachments. Hope you can see and read them.
>Jackie
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>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Em Rose <uvabookworm27@xxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 15:01:47 -0400
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearson and Imprints
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>For all who need it, I've attached the list in both xls and pdf format.
>
>Em
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>On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> **
>> Hi, Madeline,
>>
>> Could you please repost this excel attachment in xls instead of xlsx
>> format? There are many volunteers who have older versions of Excel (and
>> Word) that can't open xlsx or docx documents. Thanks!!
>>
>> Judy s.
>>
>> On 4/5/2012 11:57 AM, Madeleine Linares wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I know that having a regularly updated list of the publishers we work with
>> and their many imprints is something that volunteers have been asking for.
>> I am in the process of creating this list, but, unsurprisingly, it's taking
>> some time. To tide you over, I've come up with a list of publishers we DO
>> NOT currently work with, and won't be working with in the near future:
>> Pearson and its many imprints.
>>
>> As always, it is possible that we could suddenly start to work with
>> Pearson. I have been told that this is highly, highly unlikely--as unlikely
>> as me winning the lottery (a wonderful dream, but something that
>> realistically won't happen)!
>>
>> The last thing I want is for volunteers to feel that their hard work is not
>> appreciated or respected, so I think having a current list of "publishers to
>> avoid" will hopefully solve problems of volunteer submissions being replaced
>> (as opposed to a list of "safe" publishers that we don't currently work with
>> but might start working with at some point). Of course, as people have
>> mentioned before, even if your submission is replaced by a publisher's at
>> some point, you still made available something that members would not
>> otherwise be able to access, which is a wonderful thing.
>>
>> Please find Pearson and imprints attached as an excel spreadsheet. As of
>> right now, you can definitely proof and scan books by publishers on the
>> Pearson and Imprints list (of course, make sure to check that we don't
>> already have the book in the Bookshare collection first!). We won't be
>> working with them anytime soon. I tried to make it as comprehensive as I
>> could. If you find any problems or other publishers that I've forgotten to
>> include, please email me rather than post on the Freelists, as I'm more
>> likely to see the email. I do follow the Freelists, but with the volume of
>> discussion, it's possible that I might miss things and I don't want to!
>>
>> Let me know if you need a different format of the list and I'll get one to
>> you.
>>
>> I hope this helps as a safe way and easy guide to publishers you can
>> definitely use at the moment, and I'll be getting the master (and
>> alphabetized!) list of all publishers and imprints out to you as soon as I
>> finish it.
>>
>> Happy proofing and scanning!
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Madeleine Linares
>> Volunteer Coordinator
>> Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative650-644-3459madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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