[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Well of Lost Plots missing lines and footnotes
- From: "Donna Goodin" <Goodind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:29:02 -0500
Noel,
The itlicxs and all should still bintactg. I do remove them for myself, but I
leave them 9i9n the Bookshare copy. I'll go ahead and resubmit.
Donna
-----Original Message-----
>From: "Noel Romey"<nromey@xxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: 2/13/08 5:17:52 PM
>To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Well of Lost Plots missing lines and
>footnotes
>
>Donna and Cary,
>
>I too have the book. Question to you Donna, did you remove all of the
>bolding and italics and underlining in the book or did bookshare remove
>that. As I read my copy, I'm noticing that italics and emphasis (I've
>finally set emphasis voices on and am noticing how important it is to the
>punnery of this book). Anyway, if you haven't removed it, then it might be
>a good idea to resubmit your copy. Your scan is excellent but there are
>still a few little tiny errors. The Bookshare book of yours does not have
>the emphasis text though. If Bookshare does not remove that text, I have a
>hardcopy of the book too and my scanned version. It's up to you. I guess
>you can submit your copy and then I can submit one with the bso designation
>so that when I'm done the italics can be inserted. I'd say I could finish
>tonight, but I'm trying to get ready to fly tomorrow, and may not get done
>with it until this weekend, and then may not be able to email for a while.
>
>Noel
>
>
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>On Feb 13, 2008 3:45 PM, Donna Goodin <Goodind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Carrie,
>>
>> I've still got the book and can check it tomorrow morning. Should I
>> resubmit it to the step one page, or what is the best way for me to get you
>> a complete copy of the book?
>> Thanks,
>> Donna
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: "Carrie Karnos"<ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: 2/13/08 11:09:04 AM
>> >To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Well of Lost Plots missing lines and
>> footnotes
>> >
>> >Yeah, Noel's right. I checked the page (it's page 15) on amazon.com, and
>> looked at the same page in the Bookshare copy, and there's a paragraph
>> missing, just as he said. I'll withdraw the book from the collection, and
>> you can submit it again after the missing piece has been added. Noel, are
>> there any other missing paragraphs in the book?
>> >
>> >By the way, Noel, when you copied the text into the email, you managed to
>> put white text against a white background, which means we sighted people
>> can't see the text unless we highlight it. Luckily the printer ignores the
>> white on white, so I could print out your email and see all of the text.
>> Good trick there! :-)
>> >
>> >Carrie
>> >
>> >----- Original Message ----
>> >From: Noel Romey <nromey@xxxxxxxxx>
>> >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 7:26:02 AM
>> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Well of Lost Plots missing lines and
>> footnotes
>> >
>> >It's on the top of the second page of chapter 2. In the copy on
>> bookshare (from what I can tell at least( the bottom of the first page, for
>> reference says
>> >to explain the technical possibilities of dippy egg fingers when a copy
>> of The Toad dropped on the mat. The only news story was about some sort of
>> drug-related gang warfare in Reading. It was part of the plot in Caversham
>> Heights and reminded me that sooner or later-and quite possibly sooner-I
>> >
>> >
>> >And then page two of teh chapter begins
>> >
>> >"Sorry," he said sheepishly, apologizing for the misrelated grammatical
>> construction almost immediately, "Wyatt is my name, not the hat's."
>> >"I kind of figured that," I replied.
>> >Wooden and worn with use, he was holding a clipboard. "Oh, bother!" he
>> said in the manner of someone who had just referred to George Eliot as "he"
>> in a room full of English professors. "I've done it again!"
>> >"Really, I don't mind," I repeated. "What can I do for you?" "You're very
>> kind. As a Character Exchange Program member, I would like to ask you to get
>> yourself into
>> >page
>> >The actual page excerpt should read
>> >
>> >would be expected to take on the mantle of Mary as part of the Character
>> Exchange Program. I had another careful read of the precis, which gave me a
>> good idea of the plot chapter by chapter, but no precise dialogue or
>> indication as to what I should be doing, or when. I didn't have to wonder
>> very long as a knock at the door revealed an untidy man wearing a hat named
>> Wyatt.
>> >"Sorry," he said sheepishly, apologizing for the misrelated grammatical
>> construction almost immediately, "Wyatt is my name, not the hat's."
>> >"I kind of figured that," I replied.
>> >
>> >
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>> >
>> >Does this make sense?
>> >
>> >On Feb 13, 2008 7:46 AM, Donna Goodin <goodind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >Noel,
>> >
>> >That was my scan. I went through the whole book and didn't see any
>> missing text. Can you tell me what pages you are talking about that have
>> missing lines?
>> >Thanks,
>> >Donna
>> >
>> >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Noel Romey
>> >Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:32 AM
>> >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Well of Lost Plots missing lines and
>> footnotes
>> >
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>> >
>> >
>> >Hey guys,
>> >
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>> >
>> >I don't know if it was caused by the stripper or not, but a couple of
>> lines got deleted at the top of one of the pages in The Well of Lost Plots
>> by Jasper Fforde. Oddly enough, I had just scanned the book to submit.
>> >
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>> >
>> >Has this type of thing happened before? Can I also resubmit my edited
>> copy to replace it? I know that it would be ok to do this, but there won't
>> be too many changes (I don't think), so I wanted to ask first.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >Also, there are many footnotes in the book that are important to the flow
>> of the text. Would it be helpful to move these footnotes into the text if I
>> can?
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