[bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks

  • From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 08:32:14 -0800

Hi Dave, 

That's a really good idea. I'll mention it to the engineering staff when we're 
next in some sort of formal congregation. I think we'll also be discussing 
different ways to get around this text issue. 

Marissa


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Sent:   Tue 11/9/2004 4:36 AM
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Subject:        [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks
Hi Marissa,

Since many, if not most, of these problems associated with TXT files and 
page breaks are the product of the software package used in editing the TXT 
file, and because there is a clear majority of validaters that are 
comfortable with RTF files, why don't you recommend to the powers-that-be 
that all TXT submissions be immediately run through a TXT to RTF converter 
at the Bookshare end so that there are no more TXT files to download for 
validation.

Dave

At 07:41 PM 11/8/2004, you wrote:
>If I can just reiterate for a second, "THERE ARE NO PLANS IN 
>BOOKSHARE.ORG'S FUTURE TO STOP ACCEPTING TEXT FILES!"
>
>In other words, please relax.
>
>You can keep on submitting your text files, it's ok. . .just make sure the 
>page breaks are intact.
>
>This page break issue is mostly an isolated incident, I find that most 
>books include page breaks. Would it help if we included some tips about 
>retaining page breaks in different document formats that can be either 
>downloaded from the volunteer page or submitted to the general list or both?
>
>Marissa
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Louise
>Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 4:27 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks
>
>I submit my books in txt format because I'm on a dialup connection and a 
>book in rtf format is much larger than in txt format and would take a long 
>time to upload/download so if txt books are no longer going to be allowed, 
>then I guess I'll not submit any more books and eventually read the 900 
>plus books I've already scanned for my own pleasure!
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>Sarah Van Oosterwijck
>To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 1:36 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Breaks
>
>Will bookshare soon not accept txt files?  I ask this because many 
>programs don't deal with pagebreaks in text files properly even though txt 
>files are usually capable of holding page breaks.
>I also wonder if a validator can introduce artificial page breaks that did 
>not exist in the original just to make files that are in perfect condition 
>other than missing page breaks acceptable, or must the pagebreaks be where 
>they would be if the original submitter had kept the pagebreaks cause by 
>actual print page size?
>Thanks for the clarification the the issue.
>
>Sarah Van Oosterwijck
><http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity>http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
>





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