[bksvol-discuss] Re: I chickened out.
- From: "Jim" <jazzpiano@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:38:21 -0700
Monica,
I will go look at the list and find a book scanned by one of these good
scanners, and see what I can do with it. Thanks for the encouragement.
Jim Rawls
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 8:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I chickened out.
>Hi, Jim. I can understand you wanting to wait a bit and learn more
>about validating. My first validation was a royal mess, and I
>didn't know enough to reject the book when that's what should have
>been done. I nearly gave up, and it's in the collection now with
>only a fair rating. I wish someone had told me what I'm going to
>tell you now. (smile) Jim, you can do this when you're
>ready. There are easy validations, and there are some that require
>the patience of a saint. If you start with an easy one, you'll
>learn faster because you'll master the basics while enjoying what
>you're doing. I keep a sort of list of submitters whose work is
>easy to validate so I can recommend their books to new
>volunteers. If a person isn't mentioned here, it doesn't mean
>they're bad scanners. I just may not have seen their work. I can
>tell you that books scanned by these people are easy to work
>with... Jamie Yates, Carrie Karnos, Mayrie Renae, Jake Brownell,
>Scott Blanks, Bud Schwab, Jim Baugh, and Kaitlyn (Katie) Hill. All
>of these people do some proofreading before submitting, and many of
>them submit scans that are nearly flawless. When I grow up, I want
>to be just like them. (grin) I recommend that new volunteers start
>with easy books to get comfortable with validating. Once you feel
>more confident about the process, the rougher scans will be easier
>to work with.
"Don't let yesterday use up too much of today!" Will Rogers
Monica Willyard, rhyami@xxxxxxxxx
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