[bksvol-discuss] Re: Newbie looking for advice
- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:28:12 -0500
Devorah, just calm down now. LOL. If you don't find it, next week, in about
seven days, it will reappear on Step 1. Not sure where else to look though.
Cindy Lou
Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
----- Original Message -----
From: Devorah Greenstein
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 5:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Newbie looking for advice
I'm a very new volunteer. I validated two books successfully, studied the
volunteer manual, read the books, etc. and I loved doing it, I am hooked on
this validating thing; but two nights ago I had a weird and awful experience
downloading a book for validating. I lost a book. I, junior, remedial Bookshare
volunteer, have lost an entire book, misplaced the whole rtf file, it is gone!
I have searched all over my computer and I can't find it.
First of all, it was too late at night for me to be doing anything
purposeful, so I can't really tell you what I did, it seemed right at the time.
Second of all, I just noticed this minute when I tried once again to find the
file, that my Winzip file unzipper that I have been using in the free
evaluation mode, just told me my evaluation period is up. Did Winzip eat the
book because I haven't paid the $29?
I have searched my hard disk by file name and key phrase. I have searched in
Recent Documents. I have searched in Winzip Wizard. Not anywhere. The first two
books I had validated were found by the Winzip Wizard, but not my third book. I
feel distraught, embarrassed, and, well, I guess the word humiliated is not too
strong a word. How could I have lost a book? Is there any other place on my
computer that I can look that it might be hidden? I can't think so, if the
Winzip Wizard didn't find it.
Do I re-scan this book and submit it? Do the wise people at Bookshare keep a
back-up copy so incompetent people like me don't destroy submitters' hard work?
Fortunately the book is short. It's called An African Prayer Book by Desmond
Tutu. I was really looking forward to reading it and validating it. I am
looking for advice, help, direction. Should I go to the library and get a copy
to re-scan it and submit it for someone else to validate. Has anyone ever lost
an entire book?
Thanks for any advice. Feeling awful in snowy Minneapolis.
Devorah
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