[bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted Final Jeopardy
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:47:27 -0700 (PDT)
I agree. I seem to remember that Jake posted a list of
Fair books (of which I made a copy) and has such a
list on his site. Here's hte URL for it:
http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/fl.asp
I don't know if it's been updated or not.
Cindy
--- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Absolutely! Look at your favorite categories or
> authors you really like and
> see what's already up there and what ratings they
> have. If it is Fair, then
> the chances are extremely good that it needs a
> rescan. In my experience,
> and with my DP condition - Deranged Perfectionism -
> most books rated Good
> need a rescan as well. I have done a few rescans
> myself and have more
> planned in between adding new books to the
> collection.
>
> When Bookshare began, so I have heard, the emphasis
> was on building the
> collection and quality seems to have taken a back
> seat in many cases. Now
> that emphasis has shifted but there's still some old
> stuff up there that it
> would be great to replace and bring the quality of
> the collection up
> overall. One of my main interests is in Science
> Fiction, and there is a lot
> of work to be done there. I have the pleasure of
> looking forward to adding
> new books to Bookshare and replacing some bad old
> ones for a long time to
> come.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:46 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted Final
> Jeopardy
>
>
> > Dear Bud, and Fellow Booksharians,
> >
> > Enjoying reading,, and volunteering for Bookshare
> at the same time is a
> > rich combination isn't it?
> >
> > Bud, I notice you said, if, you could find a book
> Bookshare didn't already
> > have. I look for those, too, but we have another
> choice, too. There are so
> > many books in the collection with only good or
> fair ratings. They are in
> > such shambles I get distracted and frustrated and
> usually don't even
> > consider downloading them. So, if you're having
> trouble finding something
> > new, you can rescan and submit a BSO of a book
> rated fair or good. Many
> > of us really appreciate reading books that are so
> accurate that spotting
> > an error is as hard as finding an extra bump on a
> golf ball.
> >
> > And, here's a toast or two or three to you for
> taking the trouble to put
> > blank lines before and after page numbers!!
> >
> > Always with love,
> >
> > Lissi
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 9:41 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted Final
> Jeopardy
> >
> >
> >> Hi Dave,
> >>
> >> Thanks for the input. I guess I'll just sit back
> and work on it and when
> >> I start to get weary I'll know it's time for a
> gin and tonic. I really
> >> enjoy reading and when I can find a book that
> bookshare doesn't already
> >> have I'mm happy.
> >>
> >>
> >> Bud
> >>
> >> y At 06:10 PM 3/22/2007, you wrote:
> >>>Hi Bud,
> >>>
> >>>No you're not slow, it's just a tedious process.
> >>>I usually search for the page break characters,
> mark the header part I
> >>>want to get rid of, delete it, and search for the
> next match. I get into
> >>>a bit of a rhythm, but after a while I start
> getting distracted and end
> >>>up hitting the wrong keys, in the wrong order,
> and then I know it's time
> >>>to take a break.
> >>>
> >>>Dave
> >>>
> >>>At 04:15 PM 3/22/2007, you wrote:
> >>>>Hi Gang,
> >>>>
> >>>>I just sent this message off a few minutes ago
> but I suspect something
> >>>>went wrong. I may have put the text in the
> subject lline and I don't
> >>>>know how much text the subject line would hold.
> >>>>I just said that I submitted Final Jeopardy by
> Linda fairstein. It
> >>>>scanned very clean and I did the usual rank
> spell, delete headersand put
> >>>>a blank line between page number and text.
> That's basically what I said
> >>>>except that it takes me a long time to do the
> page number thing and
> >>>>wondered if any of the validators had some magic
> way of doing it. I
> >>>>don't mind doing it but it takes me litterally
> several hours to do it.
> >>>>Maybe I'm just slow.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Bud Schwab
> >>>>W 6 Z Y P
> >>>>Malibu, California
> >>>>
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