[bksvol-discuss] Re: Very belated phone chat notes!
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 16:55:51 -0700
hmm. t too bad The the only solution seems to be that someone would have to
scan a copy of the eBook that has no pages. Not a problem if one wants to
read it badly enough smile
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Roger Loran Bailey
<rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>wrote:
> I think that the problem with volunteers with a print copy in hand adding
> page numbers to publisher submissions is that they are not the same
> edition. You would not, for example, use the third edition of a book to
> correct the pagination in a first edition. Similarly, a print edition has
> an entirely different pagination than an ebook. Namely, a print edition
> does have pages and an ebook has no pages. That means that if you are going
> to insert page breaks on the basis of a print book then you may as well
> just be inserting them wherever you want without reference to anything.
>
> On 7/26/2013 9:42 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
>
> Many thanks for this. I have 2 comments/suggestions:(1) volunteers as well
> as members can write reviews for books and I have done so for quite a few
> books I've proofed; wait until your book has been added to the collection;
> even though as a volunteer you can't download the book to read you can, if
> I remember correctly, click on the Review or Write a review ... it's been
> so long since I've done this I don't remember exactly -- and write and
> submit a review. I generally write my review in a sepate file, clean it up
> and then paste it onto the review form;
> (2) re adding page breaks and numbers to a PQ book: could such a book be
> put on the queue as a BSO? with the note in the Comments that page breaks
> and numbers are needed? then those of us who can obtain the print book can
> take it from the queue and fix it.
>
> Finally; Engineering is too busy at the moment to fix the renewal
> unavailability problem but do you still want us to notify you when we
> receive the expiration notice with a copy of the line that shows we can't
> renew?
> Cindy
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 4:24 PM, Madeleine Linares <
> Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
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>>
>> I am so sorry this has taken me so long! We have summer interns right now
>> and things are even more busy than usual Please find the phone chat notes
>> attached and, as always, feel free to email me with questions. To those who
>> attended: I responded to some of the questions. If I forgot anything,
>> please let me know and I’ll update the notes!
>>
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>>
>> Madeleine Linares
>>
>> Volunteer Coordinator
>>
>> Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative
>>
>> 650-644-3459
>>
>> madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
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