[bksvol-discuss] Re: suggestions for volunteers about books to do
- From: "Jamie Prater" <jdprater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:31:24 -0500
Hi, it'd be good if you and/or Larry and/or Susan and whoever else might want
to join in on the effort could work out teams and work on them. If my proofing
were trustworthy, I'd like to help proof, but I don't want to take away from
Valerie's proofing that she's comfortable with. Just some thoughts to keep you
great volunteers here with us in the volunteer community. Thanks Valerie for
your note. Have a blessed day.
----- Original Message -----
From: Valerie Maples
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 4:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: suggestions for volunteers about books to do
I have many of the old Hardy boys and Nancy Drew books as well as other
classic lines including the Bobbsey Twins and more. I think this is where being
a series captain or volunteering for a group will be a very good use of
resources and talents.
Susan asked me how many books are in my house and I had to honestly say that
there are probably approaching 1000 in my living room alone waiting to be
scanned and added. I guess I should go to scanning full-time instead of
proofreading, but my heart really is more in proofreading. Once I get done with
the Spanish grammar book I am working on I will return to more scanning of
these eclectic and older titles and series. Or, if someone has a good track
record of meticulous scanning I can send them a box of books and myself or one
of my trusted proofreaders could assist in getting some of these books in the
collection. The big cost is postage as I would need my books back to donate to
our local library.
Valerie
On Jul 27, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Jamie Prater wrote:
Hi, all, in all that the publishers are doing, I wonder if the books from
earlier years for Phyllis A. Whitney, Victoria Holt, Phillippa Carr, Daphne du
Maurier, and the older nancy drew and Hardy Boys and other books from earlier
like Grace Livingston Hill and Isabella Mcdonald Allen and June Masters BAcher
and others will need to be scanned as they might not be likely to be submitted
by the publishers. Some of these may be already in the collection and need
cleaning up and submitted as bso's? I'm sure there are other authors like this
that we'd all like that would keep you all busy and us all proofing and
scanning. I've submitted these author preferences to the wish list, but I
thought I'd submit them here to give people ideas of what would be additions
that may not be duplicated. Also, Linda Nichols is another good author who
could be more represented in the bookshare collection. Thanks again and have a
blessed day.
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