[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need sighted help proofreading a book

  • From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:43:17 -0600

Need sighted help proofreading a book
Hi Mayrie,

Well, actually, she does not need to send pages.  If they need to be 
rescanned, for example, she could simply tell her sighted helper which pages 
she needs.  Just something to think about.  (smile)

Sue S.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Mayrie ReNae
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 5:00 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need sighted help proofreading a book


Hi Kim,

When you send things from a book you are proofreading to another volunteer 
for help, it is imparative that you not send the entire file of the book. 
This sharing of entire files is against our volunteer agreement with 
bookshare, and causes problems with the rules they have to follow regarding 
copyright infringement.  So, just so you know, it's necessary to send only 
the pages in question, not the entire file of a book that you're working on 
for help.

Sorry to be the fly in the ointment.

Mayrie





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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kim Friedman
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 2:24 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Need sighted help proofreading a book


Hi, can somebody get a copy of Dreams of Stardust by Lynn Kurland, ISBN: 
0-515-13948-3 for me. The person who submitted the book can't re-scan 
anything for me and the pagination is mixed up. Lynnsky took a short look at 
it and found the pagination weird. There's an inconsistency in pagination 
possibly from the third prefatory page to about page 11 in the printed text 
and it's bugging me. If somebody can write me back, I can and will send a 
copy of the original file and/or a copy of what I've done with it so far. I 
wish to continue proofreading this as I like the book. This format thing 
bugs me. I've done some stuff such as getting rid of smart quotes, etc. I 
don't know the 13-digit ISBN number for the book. I'd really like to work 
with somebody on this one. I should also say that the submitter stripped all 
headers. I changed the font to Times New Roman and I changed the color from 
blue to black. The original scan is in Tahoma. Regards, an anxious 
semi-green proofreader, Kim.


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