[bookshare-discuss] Re: A Separate Peace & newspapers
- From: Brenda Mueller <brendin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:03:14 -0400
Thanks, Cindy,
Thanks so much for forwarding my message. I was a bit tired last night and
really appreciate your help. Cindy, I don't really have a print copy of that
book. I'll have to find a way to buy one and scan it. The missing pages just
weren't there. I was hoping that Bookshare had a copy of that original scan,
so someone there could fix it. I originally read that book in 1975 from
talking book records from the library for the blind. Now, you say, why am I
reading it again?One day I was talking to my friend at work about books. I
said, "It's strange, Eydie, but some details of the book aren't quite in my
memory. I read them over 20 years ago. Why didn't I see the questions I see
now? Was I such a bad reader?"
"No, Eydie said. "It's just that you're coming to the book differently.
You're not a 19-year-old kid; you're a woman in your 40's with different
experiences than you had then." She said enjoy rereading, exploring, and
questioning. That's what I was doing. I still love a good story, though,
Brenda Mueller
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx
>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:13:21 -0700 (PDT)
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: A Separate Peace & newspapers
>Brenda, I forwarded your message to Jesse.
>The only way I know for a book in the collection to be
>fixed, i.e., to have missing pages put in, is for a
>member such as you to download the book, as you have,
>scan in and validate the missing pages, and then
>submit it with a note that it's a replacement copy for
>the book with the missing pages.
>Cindy
>-- Brenda Mueller <brendin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I don't want the book pulled from the collection,
>> just fixed. Someone did a lot of good work.
>> It's just that something happened along the way.
>> Maybe you can send this where it needs to go?
>> There are a lot of pages missing in that download.
>> I think that if the scan is rated excelent, all the
>> pages should be there, in order, and no loops in the
>> thext.
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx
>>>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:21:29 -0700 (PDT)
>>>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: A Separate Peace &
>> newspapers
>>>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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