[bksvol-discuss] Re: books already on bookshare needing fixing up
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:18:47 -0500 (EST)
If Gustavo put it back on the download page, would he put back the
original, pre-validation, version, or the one that ended up on Bookshare?
There could be considerable difference.
Tracy
> Recently, someone mentioned that the HTML file messes up page breaks.
> It
> was suggested that if we want to fix a book, it might be better to ask
> Gustavo to put it back on the Downloads page. Does that still seem to be
> the
> best procedure?
>
> Paula
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 10:46 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] books already on bookshare needing fixing up
>
>
>> You can always correct the .html version of a book which exists on
>> bookshare and re-submit it putting BSO in the submission. Some of the
>> stuff on bookshare is shamefully messy. If you do not have time to fix
>> up
>> a book, please comment with specifics including the book title on this
> list
>> so someone can fix it up.
>>
>> E. z
>> At 12:13 AM 3/11/2006, you wrote:
>>
>> >Hi, Bud. You know, I've learned a lot from this list, too, and I think
>> >that's one of the many great things about it. We can't possibly
> experience
>> >everything there is out there ourselves, so it's nice to learn from
>> what
>> >other people have experienced so when something like that does happen
>> to
> us,
>> >we can draw on what others have said worked for them. I know I've
>> raised
> my
>> >standards for my submissions just by reading what other people do, and
> not
>> >only that, but reading books from the site and thinking if I submitted
> that
>> >book, what could I have done to make it better? No, I don't analyze
>> every
>> >book from Bookshare that I download that way, but when I do download a
> book
>> >that has consistent errors or things missing, I do think about that, so
>> I
>> >think experience is the best teacher, but it's nice to have this list
>> so
> we
>> >can learn from each others' experiences. Take care.
>> >Julie Morales
>> >Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him.
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> >Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:56 PM
>> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: spell checking
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks Julie,
>> >
>> >I appreciate all your comments and I hope it will inspire others as
>> >well as myself to try to submit more usable material. It's too badd
>> >there isn't a list of directions and suggestions for beginners who
>> >are starting to submit books. I just sort of learned by belonging to
>> >this list and just using my common sense.
>> >I'll keep trying to improve the submissions so the validator won't
>> >have so much work.
>> >
>> >T T Y
>> >
>> >BudLAt 12:37 PM 3/4/2006, you wrote:
>> > >Hi, Bud. The important thing is that as a submitter, you're willing
>> to
>> > >learn
>> > >and improve what you do. I think it's true of at least almost all of
>> us
>> > >that
>> > >our earlier submissions might not have been as good as what they are
> now.
>> > >That could be a software thing, but I think more likely, it's that,
>> as
> we
>> > >scan books and get more involved with Bookshare, we raise our
>> standards
> and
>> > >just submitting the bare minimum is no longer good enough for most of
> us.
>> > >As
>> > >long as you're open to suggestions and learning how to improve what
>> you
> do,
>> > >you'll never be perfect, but you're learning and improving and that's
> the
>> > >important thing. <smile> Take care.
>> > >Julie Morales
>> > >Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him.
>> > >----- Original Message -----
>> > >From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > >Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 6:30 PM
>> > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] spell checking
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Hi Guys,
>> > >
>> > >I've been submitting books for about thrree years now. I was never
>> > >given any rules or guide lines when I first started so just thought
>> > >that scanning and submitting was all there was to it. Recently I
>> > >have started using the rank speller in Kurzweil and find a lot of
>> > >corrections to make. Maybe the word should go out to submitters that
>> > >spellchecking is part of the submitting. It takes a long time to do
>> > >a book of any size with spellchecking but I'm sure it would be
>> > >appreciated by the validators.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >Bud Schwab
>> > >W 6 Z Y P
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