[bksvol-discuss] Re: norton
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 16:40:47 -0700 (PDT)
LOL
Cindy
--- k4zq <k4zq@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As I said, it's the money i'm after.
>
> Peace,
> Ernie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 7:31 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: norton
>
>
> > Well, when I submit books, I usually submit them
> in rtf, but I don't keep
> > the rtf file. I keep the kes file I start with,
> because if I retrieve my
> > books after they have been approved the stripping
> process limits their
> > usefulness to me. So, the copy I have is kes, but
> it is really not very
> > good, and as I am rescanning I am making numerous
> corrections. Ernie
> > should have a relatively easy time validating, but
> the books are very
> > large so the job isn't a small one.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:23 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: norton
> >
> >
> >> That sounds like a good solution. Katie or Ernie
> can
> >> reject the one he or she has and you can
> re-submit and
> >> one of them can validate. I'll keep both volumes
> and
> >> renew when necesssary and then return and
> re-borrow as
> >> necessary.
> >>
> >> Thank you Ken. Just to satisfy my curiosity, what
> did
> >> you do it in originally?
> >>
> >> Cindy
> >>
> >> --- Kenneth Cross <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I am beginning to rescan it; unless someone
> objects,
> >>> I will make it a new
> >>> submission and it will be in rtf format. How do
> you
> >>> feel about that? I
> >>> have been out of touch because of a computer
> crash
> >>> which is not fixed.
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "k4zq" <k4zq@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 1:31 PM
> >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: norton
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> > Hi Kenneth,
> >>> >
> >>> > Don't know if you've been keeping up with
> what's
> >>> going on with the Norton,
> >>> > but Katie and I have been having a lot of
> trouble
> >>> trying to convert it
> >>> > into an rtf file.
> >>> >
> >>> > Personally, I think it needs a re-scanning,
> but, I
> >>> know how bloody long
> >>> > that thing is. So, it would be hard to do.
> >>> >
> >>> > I still have it out for validation, and I'll
> keep
> >>> it till you or Katie
> >>> > tell me what to do with it (within reason.)
> >>> >
> >>> > Peace,
> >>> > Ernie
> >>> > ----- Original Message -----
> >>> > From: "Kenneth Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 3:31 PM
> >>> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: norton
> >>> >
> >>> >
> >>> >>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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