[bksvol-discuss] Re: norton
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 17:39:18 -0700 (PDT)
Kenneth,
In what format did you scan and did you save Norton
vol. 1 in? Both Ernie and Katie seem to be having
trouble saving it into rtf?
Cindy
--- Kenneth Cross <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just got volume II and will scan it within the
> next couple of days. My
> computer has been down for a couple of days, so I
> might have missed some
> things about volume I. Is there anything anyone
> wants me to do with regard
> to that volume?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 3:16 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: norton
>
>
> > Ernie,
> >
> > I'm glad you're a night owl--or should I say
> morning
> > dove.
> >
> > Kenneth said he's requested volume 2 of the same
> > edition and will scan it, and I have the
> book--though
> > I will probably at some point have to return it
> and
> > then borrow it again--but that's no problem.
> >
> > Keeping books in txt causes them to lose fonts
> like
> > italics and also to lose hard page breaks. We are
> now
> > able to upload txt books converted to rtf, so the
> > best thing for you to do would be to convertyour
> txt
> > file to rtf and keep it that way. (Aren't you glad
> you
> > took this on and are learning so much about
> > bookshare?) smile.
> >
> > Please don't lose your wonderful sense of humor.
> With
> > Guido gone from the list because he's too busy, we
> > only have you and Pratik, and maybe occasionally
> > Gustavo, to make us chuckle or lol--and some
> others
> > occasionally, too, like Sue, I think.
> >
> > Of course the mere name Guglamesh, with or without
> > italics, makes me smile.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- k4zq <k4zq@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Cindy, et al,
> >>
> >> This is my final statement on the Norton.
> >>
> >> First of all, Cindy, thanks for the missing
> pages,
> >> and for the offer of help in the future.
> >>
> >> I had rejected this book for what I thought were
> >> logical and legitimate reasons. Then, I was
> asked
> >> to re-submit the book and continue validating it.
> >>
> >> Today on the list, I received some e-mails that
> per
> >> haps I mis-interpreted, but which deserve a
> reply.
> >>
> >> I have not applied for any submission credits.
> to
> >> do so would have been dishonest, since whoever
> >> scanned the book deserves full credit for
> submitting
> >> it. As for 50 cents credit for validating over
> >> 2,000 pages, that's a damned insult, and I
> wouldn't
> >> accept it if it were offered to me. My time
> isn't
> >> that worthless. Either I'm doing this book out
> of a
> >> love of literature, or not at all. This amount
> for
> >> this much work is simply ridiculous, and not
> worth
> >> the trouble.
> >>
> >> Gerald, I must address you directly, since you
> >> waited till after the book was re-submitted to
> make
> >> the statement that a rejection was not official
> >> until Gustavo approved it. You'd have been of
> much
> >> more help if you had said so before I went to the
> >> trouble of re-submitting it, and been so good as
> to
> >> tell me where to retrieve the file.
> >>
> >> Cindy, again, I'm extremely grateful for your
> offer
> >> of continued help, for, I was going to say that I
> >> would validate the book with or without the
> missing
> >> pages, and let the chips fall where they may.
> >> However, thanks to your generosity, that has
> become
> >> a moot point.
> >>
> >> By the way, Cindy, you're right, it does make one
> >> feel as though he (or she) is back in a college
> lit
> >> classroom.
> >>
> >> Finally, if someone scans and submits vol. II of
> >> this edition, I'll be happy to work on it, since
> it
> >> then will be a matched set. Otherwise, someone
> else
> >> can validate the copy of a later edition, then
> hope
> >> that vol. I of that edition is done.
> >>
> >> So, that's it, folks. Now, instead of wasting my
> >> time in fruitless discussion and veiled
> accusation,
> >> I am going to work on the book.
> >>
> >> Again, Cindy, thanks for the pages. I shall
> paste
> >> them in, and continue from there.
> >>
> >> Peace,
> >>
> >> Ernie
> >>
> >> Ps
> >>
> >> Cindy,
> >>
> >> The original file I have is in askiitxt format.
> If
> >> the rtf pages won't match, please send them to me
> in
> >> the matching format.
> >> Ernie
> >
> >
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