[bksvol-discuss] Re: Proper Scanning Protocol and Upload Formatting

  • From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:42:53 -0800

Hi Chela,

Bookshare no longer accepts submissions in any format other than rtf.  That
changed when the new web site was created. Just saying.

Mayrie



 

-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chela Robles
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 9:51 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Proper Scanning Protocol and Upload Formatting

It can be uploaded in .kes, but also .rtf as well.
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only you know, and more than three days without practicing, girl you better
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kane Brolin" <kbrolin65@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:40 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Proper Scanning Protocol and Upload Formatting


> On 1/5/10, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Under the [settings] option for rtf documents (which is the format in 
>> which you'll be submitting your book to bookshare) you need to 
>> disable the "split long pages" option.  And always save this setting 
>> under your default settings.  If you do not make this change to your 
>> settings, the page numbering in your rtf document is likely to be 
>> inaccurate, different from what is actually in the book  ...
>
> OK, that's why I am glad I found the scanning manual, even though I've 
> not yet taken the time to read it.  Two different friends who use 
> Bookshare (but who are not volunteers, as far as I know), told me that 
> books are to be uploaded in the format I used to scan them in--in my 
> case, with the .KES extension that Kurzweil uses.  So once again, 
> thanks for your help, Mayrie.  It's good to come into this new venture 
> without jumping to preconceived conclusions.  I don't want my effort 
> to be rejected, given the amount of time it takes to scan a 
> full-length book.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Kane
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