Dear Cindy and Booksharian Friends,
With at least 80 books to go, There's room for anyone interested in
proofreading or scanning Grace Livingston Hill.
The only rule carved in stone is to check with me or Larry before scanning a
book in case it's already in the works. Otherwise... jump in!
Cindy, let me or the list know when you're ready for a Grace book and you'll
probably have a book to proofread within a couple of weeks. II"'ll also mail
you the print copy if that helps you to proofread and you don't need to
return it. Thanks for offering.
Bookshare has 16 books by Baynard Kendrick. I gather his detective, Duncan
Maclain is blind. The ones I checked more closely were done by several
volunteers. Some I'm confident are excellent as rated while others might
need to be BSO ed. The January Newsletter mentioned a project I think to
include more books about disabilities, or perhaps to feature them. If I've
got it right then this series might be a good one to feature. Not all books
are numbered. It would be nice to number them so members could read them in
order. #1 is The Last Express.
That's all the damage I'm doing tonight.
Always with love,
Lissi
-----Original Message-----
From: Cindy Rosenthal
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2019 2:29 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: old list member returns, testing
Lissi, when You tell people who might want to chime e in to help
with the GH.L.Hill books to chime in you mean scanners
On 1/24/19, ; if Evan is scanning & you guys want more proofers I'd
be happy to proof when I finish the 2 books I have now to finish
proofing; speaking of outrageous prices for nooks; I'm reading
some of the Baynard Kendrick Duncan maclain books; one of the first,
which which I think Bookshare has (I think I proofed it many years
ago but wanted to read it now and since I'm not a member I can't; and
there's another one in the collection I also want to read but
it's unavailable anywhere except in reference rooms at libraries My
daughter found one on E bay for only $19.95 + shipping -- a bargain
considering that so , of tehem are selling,for upwards of $50;
cindy
<airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dear Rick,
I’ve proofread a couple of your scans. They were well done and fun to work
on. Was it you who did several books about your home state out west?
We’ve all gotten burnt by PQs slipping in before we completed books,, way
more than once. It is frustrating at the time, but the big picture kicks in
and that thrill of the hunt for a book Bookshare doesn’t have and getting it
added to the collection kicks in and we’re off and enthused again. Most of
us have our pet genres, authors, etc, and then many of us find ourselves
stretching to include unexpected books that pop up, come our way, drop into
our laps.
I’m not going to be ultra careful about what I write since I’m inclined to
be positive, anyway. The list got so business like it became dreary, a
veritable ghost town, and no longer fun to read. We lost our sense of
community and mutual support. I’m using your reappearance to speak up in
friendliness.
In my mind I always thought of the volunteer list as a kind of office water
cooler where volunteers gather to not only problem solve, but to share
enthusiasms, progress reports, accomplishments and motivation, and yes,
harmless gossip.
Evan and I are working on several series. A couple are the campy Dark
Shadows books by Marilyn Ross, a man in real life, and the much underrated
Garth Ryland mystery series about a tiny town’s newspaperman in ultra rural
Wisconsin. As usual we’ve also got holiday books, books about Ireland,
Scotland and Wales, books for boys since they are chosen less often, and
assorted books I snag for cheap when I can. Oh, about cheap, sometimes I dig
deep to nail down a series. The Dark Shadows mass markets from around 1970
are an example. They cost up to $500. No I don’t dig that deep, but $25 when
I must, and then not often.
Another project Larry Lumpkin is helping me with is Grace Livingston Hill,
the mother of Christian fiction, with over 100 books to her Credit. We’re in
the teens so we have far to go. I’m doing them in memory of my mother. She
was a Methodist who had to promise to raise my brother and I as Catholics.
She never talked about her religion but taught by example as she was a kind,
generous brave and funny person. I think the Grace Livingston Hill books
were a kind of worship for her. I never read a one of them until about 16
years after she died. Then Larry mentioned a book with Betty in the title.
It piqued my interest because my mother’s name was Betty. And that’s how the
Grace Livingston Hill project got started. Chime in, anyone, if you’d like
to help with this
Amanda kindly sent us the number of books we added to the collection last
year, over 400. I’m going to track the exact number down and in a future
post, challenge us to top that number at least by one book in 2019. I’d so
like to counter that feeling that we’re fading. True, Bookshare’s collection
is in the stratosphere but try and cart over 400 books from here to there
and you’ll be reminded that it’s a substantial accomplishment. I’ll also
tell you how many books I proofread last year. My goal will be to top that
number by one so any more will be gravy. As always speed is never my intent.
I still read every word of almost every book. There was one exception. There
was a book with two pages describing a dog being put to sleep. I get tears
just recalling the page that led up to it. I admit I didn’t read those
pages.
Well, here’s my submission to a kinder, more personal list. I know everyone
won’t love it. Nobody loves everything. It’s just that we’ve been formal for
years. I miss our more relaxed, open conversations. I hope we’ll meet at our
email water cooler a little more often and regain that sense of friendship
and shared goals.
Always with love,
Lissi
From: Rik James
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 7:46 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: old list member returns, testing
Hey,
Thanks for the welcome backs.
I have always been happy to learn from the brain trust here on the list.
And Evan, glad to know that it does happen, to be accidentally,
unintentionally unsubscribed. Glad I was not singled out, at least.
And Tracy, good tip on the pre-check prior to spending a lot of time
scanning a book.
I have been sort of feeling a bit burned a few times, to lose a hard effort
in a scan, to the PQ replacement, or rejection.
And sometimes, too, I have had the notion that the PQ has not been quite as
nice to read.
But boy, these PQ books sure pour in very quickly now days, that is
definitely on the up side of the arrangement.
The downside, on that, I may get so into reading I don’t do my scanning!
(ha ha.)
I am tending to choose older books for scanning projects, ones from smaller
publishers, but even then, I try and check on the “In Process” or the larger
collection.
I received that Wish List. (Thank you!)
I’ll get to looking it over here pretty soon.
I’m not as productive in quantity as some of you all.
But I do try and make my submissions as good of quality as I can.
Seems that I mostly have focused on history and music related for my major
book scanning / submitting subjects.
But I sure do love doing a good fiction book, and enjoy those, as they don’t
have many, if any, footnotes and appendixes, etc.
I’m working on a couple now. They are kind of the novelty variety. Trivia,
humor.
I will post to the list when submitting, if that is okay.
Thanks again.
Rik
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 11:56 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: old list member returns, testing
Hi Rick.
Welcome back! Before you start scanning, be sure to check your book hasn’t
been put in as a publisher quality, and isn’t likely to be any time soon.
It’s so annoying to spend a lot of time working on a book, only to have it
wiped out by a pq book, especially if the pq book isn’t as high-quality,
which sometimes happens. Proofreading is a lost art in publishing, I
guess.
Tracy
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rik James
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:22 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] old list member returns, testing
Greetings, Bookshare Volunteers,
With Amanda’s help I have just received my first post from Bks-Vol in nearly
18 months.
For some reason I can’t figure out, I stopped getting them.
And Amanda wisely suggested, that I re-subscribe, which I have done, and
today I have begun to receive posts from the group.
Hooray! I missed you all!
Some of you may remember me, I am mostly a book scanner & submitter.
I also recently sent an email to the volunteers@xxxxxxxxxxxx to request a
fresh Wish List.
I am looking to get going on a few projects. Those that are requested, in
addition to books I have been meaning to read.
I’ll look around for copies of Wish List titles at my library.
In the meantime, I hope you are all well.
Rik James
D28rik@xxxxxxx
(I put that email in there if someone has a fresh Wish List and wants to
send it to me directly.)
