Tracy, I second what you said. As a validator, I am presently working on a book in ASCII text, and am going through it manually to remove what needs to be removed and trying to protect what needs protecting, plus correcting any errors I see. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:33 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Validators > Mike, I resent your remarks saying that validators are messing up books. I > guess you assume I submitted "Last of the Sky Pirates". Not at all. I am a > validator, trying to see that what I'm doing is working. I take > considerable pride in my work. I know that I have improved the quality on > many books, sometimes even bringing something from fair to good, or good to > excellent. > Just following the guidelines, which say basically to check for author and > copyright, is inadequate. I've seen a few books that only need that minimal > work, but most need a bit more, sometimes a lot more. > Then there's that pesky stripper, which, even when it does its job, won't > strip jumbled headers, and will strip chapter headers.. > Don't discount the work of us validators. Without us, the quality of books > would not be as good, in most cases. > Tracy > > 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@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.