[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Help Solving a Mystery
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:03:43 -0400
Well I agree with Roger. The search should default to English, period.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 10:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Help Solving a Mystery
I believes the proofer checks the language when checking in the book.
Also, I've seen series in which some books are U.S. English and others are
British. In fact, Choices, which I just uploaded is British spelling and
punctuation but Shaman, book 2 in the series wass American.My guess is that it
depends on the publisher
--- On Tue, 8/21/12, Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Help Solving a Mystery
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 5:39 PM
Thanks Em, if I knew that about the Advanced search default, I forgot
about it. I never use Basic search anymore because it gives too many results.
How that one book got set to English UK when the other eight did not is another
mystery.
Hmmm, I wonder if it could be reset to US English so it comes up
along with the rest of the series. Madeleine, Would you be able to do that?
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Em Rose
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:30 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need Help Solving a Mystery
Hi Evan,
It seems the problem is the language setting. That particular book
is listed as English UK whereas the others in the series are listed as English
US. The advanced search defaults to English US. I believe the basic search
looks at all languages so you should be able to find it using that.
Em
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On Aug 21, 2012, at 6:37 PM, "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Guys, I have a little mystery I'd like your help with. In
checking on a series Lissi and I are working on, something strange is happening
with one of the books. The most recent book we did in this series, The Going
Rate, by John Brady, only shows up in the list of his books when I click on the
link to the author's name. If I type in the title, or the author's name, or
both, into the Advanced search field, the book does not show up. If I enter
John Brady into the
Advanced search field and go to the relevant author, all eight of
the other books we did come up, (and a ninth book about interviewing which I
think is by a different John Brady), but not The Going Rate, which is the most
recent one we did. I'm wondering if anyone else here would care to try entering
the title or author into the Advanced search field and see what happens. Also,
if anyone has any idea why the book doesn't show up for me under normal
searching, I'd appreciate hearing about it. I do frequent searches for myself
and Lissi to determine whether something is in the collection in order to
figure out what books to try to get to scan, and it disturbs me a bit to find
out that just typing in a title does not necessarily bring up the book even if
it is in the collection, or entering an author does not necessarily bring up
all of their books that are in the collection. I've made sure my settings bring
up books of all qualities, and besides, this book was just recently approved
and is in excellent condition, having been proofread by the very best
proofreader around. I'm biased, I admit. <smile>
Anyway, I'd be interested in hearing what other people find. If
others of you get the same results, then I think someone at Bookshare needs to
look into the matter. Thanks much.
Evan
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