[bksvol-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:05:38 -0700 (PDT)
I totally agree. I'll ask Allison.
Cindy
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--- On Thu, 7/31/08, Silvara <silvara@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Silvara <silvara@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, July 31, 2008, 7:58 AM
> If Random House is also donating books. That's great,
> but it would be
> helpful to get a list of books so that we don't
> duplicate work. It takes
> time and effort to get a book scanned and validated.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:21 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality
>
>
> >I know you're right that the book has been
> submitted by the publisher.
> >Whether or not it's in electronic format I
> don't know. It's true that it
> >does not have to be validated, but people who have
> downloaded some of those
> >books have found extraneous characters and, in some
> cases, no page
> >numbers--possibly no page breaks, but that I can't
> remember. The bookshare
> >staff supposedly is fixing up the books before adding
> them to the
> >collection--I think. Unfortunately, I think they're
> replacing books that
> >volunteers have already scanned and validated in some
> cases, and in those
> >cases they are not better. I keep hoping that they
> won't replace them but
> >will sit alongside them in the collection. Public
> libraries have more than
> >one copy of a book; why can't bookshare? We do have
> a list of books donated
> >by HarperCollins so people can check that list and not
> scan or validate a
> >book on that list, but I think some are being donated
> by Random House. I
> >must ask.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- On Wed, 7/30/08, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
> <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
> <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Publisher Quality
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2008, 8:52 PM
> >> I am just curious about this one. What does
> publisher
> >> quality mean? If I may
> >> guess I would think that the book is submitted by
> the
> >> publisher in
> >> electronic format and so it does not have to be
> validated.
> >>
> >>
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