You honestly wouldn't mind if a book that you'd perfected and that deserved the rating of excellent was discarded? You're a better man than I am, Gunga din. G.Cindy --- Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I would find that just wonderful. We're hoping we > will be obsoleted, because without that, we will > never be able to scan much of what's already out > there. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: siss52 > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:21 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: HarperCollins > donations > > > > These publisher quality books concern me. John > Glass said something to the > effect that someday they hope to have all > publisher quality in the > collection. We have some topnotch submitters and > validators, and a lot of > the books in the collection reflect this. I would > hate to see books that > deserve their excellent rating replaced. > > Sue S. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 2:17 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] HarperCollins donations > > > Allison H was kind enough to send me the list of > books > that HarperCollins has donated to bookshare. I > gather > that bookshare is working on making them available > for > download in BRF, and Allison and some of you kind > people are working to affix short synopses. Then > they'll be added to the collection. > > Some already have been added, replacing one book > that > I spent time validating, though my synopsis was > left > intact. Whether others will replace books already > in > the collection, even if they're Excellent, or will > be > added along with them so members have a choice as > to > what to download, I don't know. I certainly hope > not > the former. > > Anyway, I plan not to validate any books on the > list. > If any of you are thinking of scanning or > validating > books published by HarperCollins, you're welcome > to > check with me if you don't want to do one of the > books > that will be added by the publisher. > > Unfortunately, we couldn't wait for the Princess > Diary > books to get into the collection from the > publisher. > Only Princess in Training remains, and Judy is > validating that. Yay!! > > G.Cindy > > ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE > BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS > AVAILABLE AT > > http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm > http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ > > http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm > > A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS > AVAILABLE AT > > http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html > > Jake's site for useful links: > http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself > in the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. To get a list of available commands, > put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - > Release Date: 4/19/2008 11:31 AM > ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AT http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.