[bksvol-discuss] Re: Gotta Resubmit CUSP
- From: "Pratik patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 17:10:51 -0400
Hello all,
Here are the guidelines we have used in the past.
If the long summary information comes directly from the back cover, and the
submitter indicates that fact, Bookshare has had no trouble accepting that
as it is a part of the book itself. However some books make it a practice
to include quotes from well-respected places and/or individuals who appear
to recommend the book. These quotes appear either inside the front cover of
the book or in the back. These quotes are not acceptable as a part of the
sinopsis fields. Bookshare is not considered to have copyright permission
to do so.
If the back cover (book jacket) contains a quote from a well-known
individual or publication phrasing the book, it should, as a guide, not be
included in the long sinopsis field. that is not really a summary but is
someone else's opinion.
I hope this answers your questions..
Pratik
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jana Jackson
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 4:45 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Gotta Resubmit CUSP
Hi, Evan! On the site, it's talking about quoting things like Amazon.com or
some other Web site. If the quotes are part of the book where the synopsis
would normally be, such as the back cover of a paperback, it should be okay.
I've left them in and taken them out, and I've never had a book rejected
because of quotes in the long synopsis field. Just don't include quotes
that are not in the book, such as book reviews you might find on-line, and
you should be all set.
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan <mailto:mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reese
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 12:14 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Gotta Resubmit CUSP
Ok, I must be especially dense this morning, but at the risk of revealing
the depth of my denseness, I will stick my neck out and ask: If the quotes
are not from people, who are they from? <grin> No, really, I am curious, as
I am wondering what other kinds of quotes he might have been referring to.
I will have to look for it, but I am sure I read up on the site somewhere,
or on Jake's site, about quotes - from people I imagine <smile> - being a
legal problem in the long synopsis.
Anyhow, I still have to resubmit the book for the other reasons I mentioned.
But I don't have the time for that for a few weeks yet, and I didn't want
the book up there for any time if it was gonna be a legal problem or
something.
Thanks much for the help.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Hovas <mailto:GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: gustavo.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 9:36 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Gotta Resubmit CUSP
Evan,
I can't say for sure whether or not the quotes in the long synopsis are
enough of a problem to cause the book to be removed. Gustavo didn't exactly
cover quotes by people when I spoke to him about the issue. Even if they
are a problem, I'd expect that instead of removing the book from the
collection, the long synopsis would just be removed, or edited since the
quote is the first thing in the synopsis.
Since Gustavo will need to make the call, I'm copying him on the message.
Gerald
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Reese
Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 11:04 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Gotta Resubmit CUSP
Sorry, but I have to resubmit CUSP by Robert A. Metzger, which just appeared
in the collection. I left column detection on when I scanned it to make
sure something at the beginning of the book was not decolumnized, and didn't
think it would make any difference if I left it on. I realized that it was
putting hard returns at the end of every line as I was reading through it,
and I tried to remove many, but I didn't get as many as I had thought. The
brf file is just chock full of indented lines which are not the beginning of
paragraphs. Another problem is this pesky chapter heading thing, which I
will have to fix up. Most of them are in the middle of pages, but that
still leaves quite a few at the beginning of pages. Another problem is that
there are quotes in the long synopsis which is up on the site. I didn't
know about the legal problem with that when I submitted it, and the
validater didn't fix it either. Also, the hard return problem shows up in
the long synopsis which you can see if you want to: Rather than taking a
new line when encountering a hard return, apparently whatever software they
have running up there just runs the words together, so it looks terrible.
Sorry about all this stuff. I can only plead that it was my second
submission, and a lack of knowledge about what my scanner would do if column
detection was left on, and a hope that it wouldn't be as bad as it was. I
don't suppose Daisy readers will notice if they read through the book
continuously, but for Braille readers, it is just maddening. The text
quality is very good, though, so people who don't care about the things I
have mentioned may enjoy it and will not have to worry about garbled text or
junk characters or anything like that. But I can't let this stand as it is.
I would appreciate it if someone would go up and look at the long synopsis
and tell me if the quotes in it are permitted on Bookshare's site or not, If
not, then I would imagine that the book will have to be removed until it can
be fixed.
Sorry folks. Live and learn. <smile>
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