[bookshare-discuss] Re: A Separate Peace & newspapers
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:21:29 -0700 (PDT)
Brenda, I don't know if the book being in BRF would
make a difference or not, but if the book is marked
Excellent and pages are missing the Powers that Be
need to know so that the book can be pulled from the
collection. Hopefully someone like Jesse or Peter will
read your post, but you could e-mail Jesse at
jesse.f@xxxxxxxxxxxx and tell him.
Cindy
--- Brenda Mueller <brendin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> Thanks so much for your advice on Newspapers and
> such. As for that book I wanted to read again after
> so many years, to be sure the text that was there
> was well scanned.
> Still, when I got to a certain point, the text went
> back and try as I might, I couldn't find the whole
> bunch of missing pages. That's sad. Such a good
> book.
> Oh, well, some day I'll get the whole thing in order
> and everything. Oh, I like to click on a particular
> author, just to see what else he has done. I did
> that for this author, too, but the book with the
> missing pages is the only one there. Probably the
> person who scanned it scanned all the pages, but
> something happened along the way. Hope this comment
> helps without hurting any feelings.
> I always log on, so Bookshare doesn't think I'm
> cheating. Adult books? That has been used to cover
> a lot of ground. I still like a good story with a
> lot to ponder. Sometimes something happens in the
> story, but it should be an addition to the plot and
> thinking. If the book is just playboy stuff and
> they call it adult, I'd say those adults need to
> grow up. Still everyone to his own, I guess.
> Oh, by the way, it was the BRF file I downloaded.
> Does that help?
>
>
>
> Brenda Mueller
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 10:00:38 -0700 (PDT)
> >Subject: [bookshare-discuss] A Separate Peace &
> newspapers
>
> >-Brenda,
>
> >A Separate Peace is by John Knowles. I just checked
> >and it is in the collection, and its quality is
> rated
> >Excellent.
>
> >FYI, when you go to the log-in page, in the upper
> >right-hand corner is a space into which you can put
> >*either* the title of a book, or part of it, *or*
> the
> >author's name, and if the book is in the colleciton
> >you'll be taken to it. Finding a book by the title
> is
> >faster, because if you put the author's name in
> you're
> >taken to a screen which gives his/her name and then
> >you have to click on that to get a list of his/her
> >books.
>
> >You don'd even have to log in to do this, but
> unless
> >you do log-in adult-rated books are not shown.
>
> >As to your question about the newspapers, that
> service
> >is a beta service, which means it's in the testing
> >stage, so sometimes one can get newspapers and
> >sometimes not. If enough people want them, sooner
> or
> >later the service will be available on a regular
> >basis, I gather.
>
> >Cindy
>
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