[bksvol-discuss] Re: clarification on BKS manual

  • From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:18:36 -0500

Hey, Judy;

If that is the case, as would be known by ISBN, it seems that leaves the door 
open for a volunteer submitted copy of a different ISBN and the search tool 
could be refined to rank higher or add a PQ designation in the synopsis.

Just a thought...

Valerie


On Oct 11, 2010, at 8:49 PM, Judy s. wrote:

> I can't believe I'm defending publisher quality books, but there is an 
> important thing about many of them that I've noticed that may explain why the 
> versions they are giving to Bookshare don't have pagination or page numbering.
> 
> Many of the books being submitted by publishers are their electronic 
> versions, as in the type that would be read by an e-reader such as Kindle.  
> When I've visually looked at the books as published by the publisher for an 
> e-book reader Kindle or equivalent e-reader, those books do not have 
> pagination or page numbering.
> 
> So it's not that the publishers are being lazy in those cases. The electronic 
> files for these books that sighted readers get when they purchase ebooks 
> don't necessarily have pagination or page numbering.

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