[bksvol-discuss] Re: safe list for fantasy?
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:11:27 -0700
Unfortunately what others are reporting is true. There really is no
predictability to when a partner publisher will send us the epub version
of their book.
Here is the list on the wiki:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/3.2+B.+Volunteer+Guidelines+on+Publis
hers
Scott Rains
On 6/22/11 8:54 AM, "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>As I recall, TOR was not on the list of publishers that Bookshare is
>working
>with, so you might consider them as safe, at least for now. But who knows
>if
>that may change.
>
>Even publishers working with Bookshare don't seem to put up books in any
>predictable manner. A proofreader and I did the three books of Peter F.
>Hamilton's Void trilogy. The first two were replaced in December, but the
>third book came out last August, and our copy, which was added to the
>collection On January 17 is still up there. So the two of us got to read
>the
>bookk, as well as anyone else who got it in the last five months. If we
>had
>waited for the publisher to send it, we, and anyone else who wanted to
>read
>it, would still be waiting.
>
>You can't let yourself be parralyzed by worrying about what might happen
>in
>the future.
>
>Evan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 11:30 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: safe list for fantasy?
>
>
>> As far as how far back, it really depends on the publisher. Some
>> publishers are converting much of their catalog to epub, but others
>>aren't
>> really going back that far. I know I've definitely seen books from the
>> '90's, and have even seen a few from the '80's, especially if the
>>author
>> is very popular.
>> I'm not a fantasy fan, so couldn't really tell you any publishers.
>> Melissa Smith
>>
>> On 6/22/2011 9:45 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>>> A submitter I work with a lot has kind of given up because of all the
>>>PQ
>>> books. His favorite genre is fantasy/SF, and he's done a lot of great
>>> stuff.
>>> Is there a safe list I might suggest to him? Is the older stuff
>>>liable
>>> to
>>> be replaced by PQ? How far back is the PQ likely to go?
>>> Tracy
>>>
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