[bksvol-discuss] Re: Large Print Editions
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:12:50 -0600
Hi Bob and everyone!
One of the books that I scanned:
"And Then There Were Two: A Dani Ross Mystery by Gilbert Morris"
says on the last page in part:
The employees of Thorndike Press hope you have enjoyed this Large Print
book. All our Large Print titles are designed for easy reading, and all our
books are made to last. Other Thorndike Press Large Print books are
available at your library, through selected bookstores, or directly from
the publisher.
Although the book was in what they consider "large print", this was not a
large book like I used to notice the large print textbooks my friends were
reading in grade school, which were oversized books. The book scanned very
well. I would guess the size of the print was 14 point, but I'm not
sure. It certainly was not oversized. Large print means different things
to different people.
Debby
At 04:43 PM 11/15/2010, Bob W wrote
Hi Melissa. I think I've seen books that say something about being in
large type in the collection.
But I would think these books would present problems for a scanner. OCR
programs are usually set up for standard size print, not large print.
Just my opinion,
Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 4:28 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Large Print Editions
I double checked the scanning and proofing manual, but didn't see
anything about this in the section on what books are eligible for
Bookshare. Can we submit large print editions?
Thanks,
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