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.
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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 JeopardyHi 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 To 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.To 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.Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, California To 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.To 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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