I agree, Jill. I don't validate many books; I usually prefer to scan, but I try to make my scans the best I can. And I'm a poet and don't know it, lol. I scan a batch of 20 pages, read through the, fix errors, scan antoehr 20 and so on. This usually yields pretty good results.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 8:35 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books I validated today
A lot of you probably won't agree with me and that's your privilege, but I don't happen to feel committed to try to get every book on step 1 into the collection. I consider that quality far outweighs quantity which is why I validate what I am willing to read. I have seen too many books rated good which were not pleasant to read and I then start figuring how I can find the time to rescan them and make them the quality that Bookshare can be proud of. I know this is not required of validators, but it is the standard I set for myself, and you are right, I have often spent far more than five hours validating such a book which I could easily have let go through as good or fair. I do wonder too if good or fair books come across better when listened to as opposed to being read in braille which is the way I read them; maybe that's why such books bother me as much as they do. JillTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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