[bksvol-discuss] Re: What's the Deal with Text Files
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 May 2006 12:13:07 -0700 (PDT)
I've been taking txt files from the download list to
validate and putting in the page breaks. Depending on
what the books are--if they're fiction or
interestingly written history or biography-- I'd be
happy to do that. It isn't always necessar to have the
book; sometimes there are spaces between pages even if
there aren't hard breaks, and anyone could put in hard
breaks.
When books are submitted they go automatically to the
download page, so until they're validated and
uploaded, or a validator finds too many errors as well
as page breaks, they won't be rejected.
Cindy
--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I noticed that there are a few .txt files on the
> Step One page. Also, a submitter who I am in
> communication with says he has some volumes in text
> format in a series which is incomplete on Bookshare.
> But if I am not mistaken, .txt files have no page
> breaks in them. I am unclear as to what I should
> tell this person, or what I should do if I should
> want to validate any .txt files in general. My own
> inclination is to just validate them, because - as I
> believe the Bookshare site says - if you can read
> it, then someone else can read it. But I also
> believe that there is now some kind of policy that
> books without page breaks should be rejected,
> instituted last year some time. Not everyone is
> aware of this, however, or is choosing to abide by
> it if they are aware of it, as the first book I
> submitted in January was just one long file without
> any page breaks - I had been removing them from
> books I had scanned for my own interest - and it was
> added to the collection quickly. I had just scanned
> the book and finished reading it literally the day I
> joined Bookshare, and wasn't aware that page breaks
> were a requirement. I have kept them in all my
> subsequent submissions and validations, though.
> Anyhow, I don't want to discourage this person from
> sending up these books, and I myself would like to
> see them added to the collection, and I am pretty
> sure their text quality would be good as I know this
> person does pretty good scans, but on the other
> hand, I want to make sure everything is cool with
> the rules and such.
>
> Thanks for any guidance.
>
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