Too often the back cover of both paperbacks and hardbounds is reviews or cudos for the book or, sometimes author bios. In the latter case I put that at the end; often it's on a final page in the book anyway. But I've found covers impossible to scan. I usually just type the info myself. I try to approximate the font size, but that isn't necessary, and anyway if the type is too large certain readers--I don't remember if it's Braille or some other technology--can't read it. I think I was told some time ago n ot to use anything large than 36 point. However, it really doesn't matter. Just the title and author can be typed on a page as if it is the cover, even if there is an inner title page, too. And Jill is right; even with short or long synopses, and many people don't include them, it's nice to have the flap. In my work at the library, I find myself reading the cover flaps and either adding the book to my list of books to read or deciding no, I don't want this one even if the cover has intrigued me. Last Friday I found two more, neither of which is in the bookshare collection: Engaged to Murder, a nonfiction book in which a principal and an English teacher were convicted of killing the English teacher's fiancee and her two children; and Bread-givers, which is about fairly modern Jewish girls not wanting to marry men their old-fashioned and strict father chooses for them; I think one girl goes off on her own. Both, from my skimming through a couple of pages, seem readable. Some books sound interesting tome but when I look at a couple of pages the writing seems tedious. Cindy --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Okay, I see. That is the back cover in a paperback, > but it is the insides > of the front and back covers in a hardback. I > always put that in, even > though it can take some work to get it to come out > right. Often, it is dark > on light, and despite K1000's overall excellence, if > I optimize scan on the > text somewhere inside the book, the dust jacket info > sometimes comes out > garbled, with stuff missing, or in one case, it told > me the page was blank > even though it was full of dark print on a light > background. I had to > fiddle with scanner settings quite a bit before it > would come out (mostly). > (Yes, I indeed had it set to recognize dark text on > a light background.) It > just confirms what all my experience has shown: OCR > is a lot better than it > used to be, but it still can't equal an Optacon. If > I could read faster > with it, I might not scan at all. > > Anyhow, I have a few hardbacks here, and I never > considered looking at the > outside back cover of one. Jeepers! I should at > least see what is on one > or two of them. Probably marketing fluff. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julie & Miss Mercy" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 10:53 AM > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Covers > > > The back cover is the book jacket, and that's what I > scan. I don't even try > to scan the front cover or anything else, but > the back cover does contain the synopsis, usually, > or the book jacket...what > you'll find on the pages NLS labels as the Book > Jacket information. That's on the back cover, so > that's what I scan. Take > care. > -- > Julie Morales > Email & Windows/MSN Messenger: mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx > Skype: mercy0421 Please contact me if I may not > recognize your contact info > before adding me or I may not add you! > Currently in Winchester Regional, Virginia Overcast, > 64F�(18C�) Wind:SSE > (150�) at 9mph (8KT) > Warning: Dates in Calendar are closer than they > appear. > Created by WeatherSig v1.10 � > http://www.weathersig.com > > > Evan Reese wrote: > > I always put the dust jacket info in my > submissions, just after the title > > page and copyright info, which usually appears on > the following page. > > That is the way NLS does it, and it seems as > logical to me as any other > > method. But I never considered scanning the > outside covers of hardbacks, > > or the front covers of paperbacks. What > information do they contain that > > isn't on the title page, except for perhaps > pictures that wouldn't scan > > anyhow? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie & Miss > Mercy" > > <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 9:32 AM > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Covers > > > > > > Hi, Cindy. I think the same way you do about > covers, and that's why, in > > books I scan, the cover material is scanned first > if > > it will scan at all. A sighted reader sees the > cover first and often reads > > the book jacket as one way of deciding if it's > > something they want to read, so it stands to > reason, at least to my way of > > thinking, that the cover material should be > > first...but that's just me and certainly no > official rule. <smile> Take > > care. > > -- > > Julie Morales > > Email & Windows/MSN Messenger: > mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Skype: mercy0421 Please contact me if I may not > recognize your contact > > info before adding me or I may not add you! > > Currently in Winchester Regional, Virginia > Overcast, 62F�(17C�) Wind:SSE > > (150�) at 8mph (7KT) > > I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute > of it. > > Created by WeatherSig v1.10 � > http://www.weathersig.com > > > > > > Cindy wrote: > >> I'm sure someone else is answering this too, but > >> I'llput in my two-cents worth. > >> > >> No, it doesn't matter. In fact, many people don't > put > >> in cover info. They start with the title page or, > in > >> the case of paperbacks, other front page > material. > >> > >> When I validate, I put "cover" in brackets and > put > >> the cover info. As sighted reader, I like to see > the > >> cover first, although some hardbound have the > covers > >> mssing. I know "you can't tell a book by it's > cover," > >> but still...and I figure, even though bookshare > >> members download books and know what they're > getting, > >> they might like to read the cover info--but maybe > >> that's just me. smile > >> > >> Cindy > >> > >> --- Tony Baechler <bookshare@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all. I have a quick question. When scanning > >>> books, is the condition of the cover important? > I'm looking at > >>> some books with warn or rubbed covers. If > necessary, I can get them > >>> with better covers but I'm wondering if it > matters. 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