[bksvol-discuss] Re: Up for some validation fun?

  • From: "Allison" <alwaysallie@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 02:24:38 -0700

Thanks so much Cindy!  Really appreciate it.

And yes, it is the companion book to both The Giver and Gathering Blue. I've read both of them from Bookshare and they are very good, that's why I so wanted this one to jjoin them in our collection.

I think I will go submit it now so it gets done before CSUN craziness hits us all. <smile>. Not only that, I need some kind of adequate justification for being up at this hour. I really need to be sleeping cuz I gotta get up[ tomorrow, but am I tired? Uh, no. And no. this is Not a good thing.

Thanks again!

Best,
Allison


----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 2:17 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Up for some validation fun?


Hi, Allison,

Go ahead and submit it. My library supposedly has it
on the shelf. I'll look on on Monday. I love reading
young adult and juvenile books. I haven't yet read the
Giver. I suppose I should get that at the same time
and read it. And I see from the brief summary from my
library's online catalog that it combines characters
from not only The Giver by Gathering Blue, which is
also in the collection.

I'll check to see if The Giver is rated Excellent. If
not, maybe I can make it excellent at the same time,
thus having an excuse to read it (smile).

Cindy

P.S. Let me know when you submit it. If someone else
wants to do it, that's o.k. too.

-- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hey Allison,

I can't help you with validating, but I'm curious
what scanner you're using?

Scott


----- Original Message ----- From: Allison
To: Volunteer List
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 3:37 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Up for some validation
fun?


  Hi guys,

  I promised the list the book, Messenger, by Lois
Lowry, a couple of months ago.  I have it, but it's
been held back.  It was the first book I did with my
brand new scanner, and therefore I think I may have
missed a few pages.  I was so impressed with its
speed, that I got more than a little carried away.
I got going, and then, when I needed to stop and fix
something, I couldn't get the scanner to stop!  So
I'd try to scan, rescan, insert, but it got a little
crazy.  I'd lose track of where I was and where I'd
been.  Yeah, pretty special I know!  I like to think
I've learned a lot since then... hopefully.

  So here's the thing.  I  have an entirely scanned
book with almost no errors.  It does well in K1000's
rank spelling.  Only problem is, I'm not sure it has
all its pages.

  After having it sit around here for a month, I've
finally come to terms with the fact that I never
will get around to taking care of it myself.  The
quickest way would be to have someone cross-check
the print book with my scanned copy.  One could skim
and see that all pages match up number by number.
My guess (or perhaps my hope) is that there are
actually few missing pages.  I'm really not sure.  I
don't at the moment have someone available with the
time to look at the scan just out of the goodness of
their heart, and my actual reader funding is not
very plentiful right now, and what I have is used
for school.

  So guys, if anyone wants it, I'll go ahead and
submit it as is.  It's really up to you all.  If
not, I'll keep it a bit and see when it can happen.
I just hate leaving scanned books sitting around and
not being used.

  The book should be available at libraries.  It's
newer, but not so incredibly new.  If someone has
problems, I can send my copy.

  This one's just something I'd like to see on the
site because is a sequel to a Newbury Award winning
book already in our collection.  The Giver.  And
anyone who knows me at all, knows that the
availability of quality kid books is just one of my
things.  <smile>.

  So, someone write and let me know.  Either on or
off list.

  Thanks!

  Allison

alwaysallie@xxxxxxxxxxx 




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