[bksvol-discuss] google
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:55:34 -0700 (PDT)
I use google all the time, too, but since I always get what I'm looking for I
didn't realize there's a button that reveals what google hides. Thanks for the
info. Is that in advanced search, which I haven't used?
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Thu, 6/18/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 8:32 AM
> Google is my preferred
> search engine. I use it for something or other pretty much
> every day and yet I did not even think of clicking that
> button that brings up the results that Google hides. That
> should explain why I was getting a smaller than expected
> number of hits myself. By the way, it should be pointed out
> for Google novices that if you are using the main Google
> search field with advanced functions rather than going to
> the advanced search form it is important to remember not to
> put a space after the colon.
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> "I find
> capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is
> alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and
> competition." Fidel Castro
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> [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
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> 6/18/2009 7:55:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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> From:
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> james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Hi,
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> I had success with this two-step method. First, I went to
> Google and typed in a line that looks like this.
>
>
>
> publisher: o'reilly site:bookshare.org
>
>
>
> That brought back 46 results. At the bottom of the search
> results there was text that said that Google omitted similar
> results or something like that. I
>
> activated a link that brought back all of the results. I
> got about 1400 hits. That should cover all of the titles
> from that publisher. Now, if I find an
>
> advanced search query that brings back the omitted results
> in one step, I’ll report it here. Otherwise, I’ll
> consider this dead horse beaten enough.
>
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Jim
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> Jim Homme, Usability Engineering.
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> 412-544-1810.
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> Note: I will reply to email and voice mail within four
> hours.
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>
>
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of
> persistence.
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>
>
> "Talent will not; nothing is more common than
> unsuccessful people with talent.
>
>
>
> "Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a
> proverb.
>
>
>
> "Education will not; the world is full of educated
> derelicts.
>
>
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> "Persistence and determination alone are
> omnipotent."
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> - Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
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> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Homme, James
>
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:31 AM
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> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
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> Hi Tammie,
>
>
>
> Go to Google and try typing the line below this one into
> the search box.
>
>
>
> Harlequin site:bookshare.org
>
>
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> Jim
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>
>
> ----------
>
>
>
> Jim Homme, Usability Engineering.
>
>
>
> 412-544-1810.
>
>
>
> Note: I will reply to email and voice mail within four
> hours.
>
>
>
> "Nothing in this world can take the place of
> persistence.
>
>
>
> "Talent will not; nothing is more common than
> unsuccessful people with talent.
>
>
>
> "Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a
> proverb.
>
>
>
> "Education will not; the world is full of educated
> derelicts.
>
>
>
> "Persistence and determination alone are
> omnipotent.."
>
>
>
> - Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933)
>
>
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Tammy Blaker
>
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2009 5:47 AM
>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
>
>
>
> I didn't know I could search Bookshare by Publisher as
> I love Harlequin Books ; can someone tell me how to do
> this? It would be so great! I'm not a computer
>
> person and have no idea how to do an advance Google search
> and confine the search to Bookshare.org. Thanks so much
> for any help you can give.
>
>
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> From:
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> Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
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> To:
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> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:45 AM
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
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> Okay, now I see where I made my mistake. As I said, I did
> an advanced Google search in which I entered the name of a
> publisher as the search term and confined
>
> the search to Bookshare.org and I was doubtful of my
> results. The reason I was doubtful was because I intended to
> search a publisher that was providing
>
> publisher quality books and I only got thirty-nine hits..
> Now I will reveal which publisher it was. It was Harper
> & Row. Apparently I was confusing Harper
>
> & Row with Harper Collins. Now that I see that Harper
> Collins is on this list and Harper & Row is not I
> repeated the search with Harper Collins as my search
>
> term. This time I got 337 hits. I am not sure how useful
> that information is now with the list of publishers that are
> supplying books right here, but bear
>
> in mind that you can use the advanced search at Google to
> search not only for publishers, but also for anything else
> on Bookshare that the Bookshare search
>
> engine is not capable of.
>
>
>
>
> "I find
> capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is
> alienating... because it causes war,
>
> hypocrisy and competition." Fidel Castro
>
>
>
> The Militant:
>
> http://www.themilitant.com/txtindex.shtml
>
> Pathfinder Press:
>
> http://www.pathfinderpress..com
>
> Granma International:
>
> http://granma.cu/ingles/index..html
>
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> 6/17/2009 3:51:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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> From:
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> popularplace@xxxxxxxxx
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> Below is a list of publisher donors we got quite some time
> ago. (August of '08)I saved it, so if you or anyone
> prefers to have it as an rtf attachment
>
> I'll send it to you. Maybe we'll get an updated
> one.
>
>
>
> Harper Collins, O'Reilly, Hachette and
> Perseus--don't scan their books--being donated
>
> Current List of Publishers Signed On With Bookshare.org
> (08/27/08)
>
>
>
> I. Harper Collins
>
>
>
> II. O'Reilly
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>
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> III. The Perseus Book Groups
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>
>
> Imprints:
>
>
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> i. Avalon Travel
>
>
>
> ii. Basic Books (renowned publisher of serious
> nonfiction: Warren Bennis, Douglas Hofstadter, Alice Miller,
> Niall Ferguson, Richard Feynman, Howard
>
> Gardner, Zbigniew Brzezinski
> <https://mail.benetech.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/author_detail.jsp?id=000703>
>
>
> )
>
>
>
> iii. Basic Civitas Books (African-American &
> African Studies), Da Capo Press (H.G. Bissinger's
> Friday Night Lights; American and world history, biography,
>
> music, especially jazz, film, art, photography, sports,
> humor, and popular culture)
>
>
>
> iv. Da Capo Lifelong Books,
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>
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> v. Nation Books (joint venture partnership)
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>
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> vi.. Public Affairs (joint venture partnership)
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>
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> vii. Running Press
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>
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> viii. Seal Press
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>
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> ix. Vanguard Press
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>
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> x. Westview Press (distinguished publisher of
> college textbooks)
>
>
>
> IV. Hachette Book Group USA is made up of the
> following publishing groups and imprints:
>
>
>
> i. Little, Brown & Company
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>
>
> ii. Back Bay Books
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>
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> iii. Bulfinch
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>
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> iv. Grand Central Publishing
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>
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> v. 5-Spot
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>
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> vi. Business Plus
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>
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> vii. Forever
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>
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> viii. Springboard Press
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>
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> ix. Twelve
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> x. Vision
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> xi. Wellness Central
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> xii. FaithWords
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>
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> xiii. Center Street
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>
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> xiv. Orbit
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>
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> xv. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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>
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> xvi. LB Kids
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>
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> xvii. Poppy
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>
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> xviii. Yen Press
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>
>
> [Notable authors include David Baldacci, David Sedaris,
> Michael Connelly, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Stephanie
> Meyer, Anita Shreve, Alice Sebold,
>
> Lou Dobbs, Jennie Fields, Robert Kiyosaki, Rick Moody,
> Sidney Sheldon, Nicholas Sparks, Jon Stewart and the writers
> of Comedy Central's The Daily Show,
>
> Stephen Colbert, and David Foster Wallace.]
>
>
>
> I add the list Carrie sends me of bestsellers that
> bookshare is working on to the being-scanned list. Also, at
> or near the bottom of the list is a list
>
> of books that people have sent to bookshare for them to
> scan.
>
>
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
> Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
> books-being-scanned list available at sites below
>
>
>
> Wish List:
> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
>
>
>
> Books Being Scanned List:
> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Amber Wallenstein
> <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> > From: Amber Wallenstein
> <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
>
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 5:21 PM
>
> > I know bookshare will be receiving
>
> > books from many publishers. Is there any way we the
>
> > volunteers can get lists of books being submitted by
>
> > publishers or those being worked on in-house so
> efforts are
>
> > not duplicated?
>
> > Amber
>
> > Book blog:
>
> > http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/
>
> > I have accepted a seat in the House of
> Representatives, and
>
> > thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin,
> and to
>
> > the ruin of our children. I give
>
> > you this warning that you may prepare your mind for
> your
>
> > fate.
>
> > John Adams
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