[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: Wish List "Defining Moment"
- From: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:51:13 -0800
Hi Roger,
To answer your questions, books sent to Bookshare.org can be returned, and yes
the scanning process is destructive in the sense that the books are de-spined
for scanning. In terms of in-house scanning Carrie has to prioritize based on
educational content etc, student requests etc so the speed with which a book
sent in gets processed will depend largely on current priorities.
The request for Pathfinder Press was forwarded to the Publisher Liaison, and I
sent her another note today and she has responded that she will touch base with
you on any progress in that area. She is always happy to hear from
volunteers/members about publishers they would like to see in the collection.
All good things,
Pavi
Pavi Mehta
Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
Phone: +1 650 644-3459
pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.benetech.org
The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
A Nonprofit Organization
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 7:07 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: Wish List "Defining Moment"
I did indeed read that post, but before I start sending books to
Bookshare I have a few questions. Can the books be returned? Is the
Bookshare scanning process a destructive one? Whether it is or not I
would have a hard time affording the number of books I would really
like to see scanned for the collection and I don't think it would be a
good idea to borrow books from the library and ship them off to
California. That is not to say that when I ask that a book be added to
the wish list I expect someone else to take on the expense. I just
suppose that if someone else is making a trip to the library or
browsing a used book sale for the express purpose of accumulating
books to add to the Bookshare collection then if I have a number of
titles on the wish list I stand a much better chance of getting lucky
than if I didn't put them there at all.
I have done one additional thing and am contemplating another thing to
get them into the collection though. First, I did send a message to
Pavi asking her to inform the publisher liaison that it would be
appreciated if Pathfinder Press could be contacted about supplying
some publisher quality books. Second, I am looking into scannning some
myself. I am hesitant to launch into that because I have not done that
before and the general discussion here tells me that beginning
scanners tend to make a lot of mistakes and I would hate to put a lot
of work into it just to have my submissions rejected.
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks. I'll forward this to Paul. Yo may have noticed
> that later in the day Roger posted so he can read your
> post. smile.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Cindy. I don't mind if you forward the note with
>> my name and
>> address. I really appreciate you asking though. I
>> might feel
>> differently if you were posting my message to
>> another mailing list. I
>> just want to make sure Paul and others are able to
>> get the support
>> they need with getting their books scanned. And yes,
>> this may be
>> useful to Roger as well.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Monica Willyard
>> Visit my blog at http://www.scannersguild.com
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>
>
> WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
> AVAILABLE AT
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm
> www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
>
> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
>
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