[bksvol-discuss] Re: If text is too good
- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 16:23:42 -0500
The guidelines for validating simply state that a book should be
rejected, if it contains a statement such as, "Etext from", or "Etext by",.
Bookshare staff has never, to my knowledge, indicated that a book without
errors should be suspect. I personally take forever to submit anything,
because I go through it thoroughly myself, and then have it checked by a
sighted family member. I would be very disappointed if, after all that time
and work, someone accused me of simply getting the book off a website
somewhere.
As has already been mentioned, Ebooks can also contain errors, so the
fact that a book is error-free can be no proof that it wasn't scanned by the
submitter. With the continued improvements in OCR software, I think we ought
to be expecting more books with fewer flaws.
Regards,
Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 1:19 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: If text is too good
> Mary
>
> Thanks for validating the book. If the book had come from a submitter I
> had recognized, then I would not have questioned it. When I don't
> recognize the name, I attempt to be doubly careful as my first
> responsibility is to BookShare and meeting their guidelines of a book not
> being a submission of an etext from somewhere else.
> I'd be interested in comments from Jesse or Peter in how to deal with such
> a submission in the future.
> When something looks too good in comparison to the norm, red flags pop up.
>
> And as for the notion of innocent until proven guilty, my responsibility
> is, to the best extent I can, to protect BookShare from legal action from
> an author or publisher. Defending a suit by BookShare, even if they are
> ultimately vindicated, is a mighty expensive proposition I'm afraid.
>
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