Hey what is PG, Cindy?----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:52 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent These to Bookshare
I didn't know that My volunteer work started as a scanner for PG--on my home scanner. I did mail one book to PG to scane because it was an old Mark twain with beautiful illustrations and I knew the illustrations wouldn't scan The book was returned to me intact.CindyWish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites belowWish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+ListBooks Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List--- On Thu, 11/5/09, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent These to Bookshare To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009, 8:25 PM Hi Roger! Thanks for telling us about Project Gutenberg's procedure being like Bookshare's. It's things like this we need to know. Debby At 09:53 AM 11/5/2009, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx wrote >As a matter of fact, that is how Project Gutenberg does it too, so if you >have a valuable or collectible book, for goodness sake, don't send it to >either organization. > > >"I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a >citizen of the world." Eugene V. Debs > > The Militant:> <http://wwww.themilitant.com>http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder > Press:> <http://www.pathfinderpress.com>http://www.pathfinderpress.com >Granma International: ><http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html>http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html > _ > >table with 2 columns and 6 rows >Subj: >[bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent These to Bookshare >Date: >11/5/2009 2:37:57 AM Eastern Standard Time >From: >kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx >Reply-to: >bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: >bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent from the Internet >(Details) >table end > >Hi, Debby, when I send stuff to Bookshare, they don't send the books back, >and for my part, I don't expect them to do so. As I understand it, they >remove the covers and chop the books so the pages can be fed through a >document-reader-type scanner. I think that's why people might send them a >lot of paperback books. (Pavi, please correct me if I'm wrong about this >one. I suppose you do the same with hardback books.) Regards, Kim. > >-----Original Message----- >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson >Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:31 PM >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent These to Bookshare > >Hi everyone! > >When people send books to bookshare, do they return the print books or not? > >Debby > >At 12:43 PM 11/4/2009, Christina wrote > >Hi, guys. > >I sent the following books to Bookshare for processing: A Song for > >Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay, The Lions of al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay, > >and Grey Knights an Omnibus (Warhammer 40,000.) Christina > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.50/2481 - Release Date: > >11/04/09 13:51:00 > >-- >Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming >about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes >6:9 NLT > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of >available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 4574 (20091104) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature >database 4574 (20091104) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.51/2482 - Release Date: 11/05/09 >01:37:00 -- Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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