[bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Downloaded My First Book for Validation
- From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 09:15:44 -0800
Scanning or validating the preliminary pages is often difficult because of
varying sized fonts, etc. and many of us don't give these pages the attention
that we do to the rest of the book. I have often seen this in books in the
collection.
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Reese
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:15 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Downloaded My First Book for Validation
Actually, it may not be as bad as I had at first thought. There are quite a
lot of errors in the preliminaries, but after the book actually starts, things
seem to improve.
Also, I was wrong about the copyright information not being present. He put
it after the dust jacket material and I skipped past it on my first lookover.
I expected it to be right after the title and author - where NLS puts it and
where I put it when I scan stuff. It just seems more logical to put it there,
so I have moved the copyright notice up to the top just after the title and
author. I think this is a good practice for people in general so the validator
doesn't have to go looking for it.
I also should have cut him a little more slack, as there is a geneological
chart at the beginning of the book with lines going hither and yon from
ancestors to descendants. No scanner could be expected to get that straight,
and some of the print is also quite small. My perfectionism may have to just
take a vacation because I don't think I can sort this out either. I may have
to just leave it as it is, regretably.
I do have a couple of questions, but I'm going to submit them over at the
other list. Still, I don't think a rescan will be needed after all.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jill O'Connell
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:02 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Downloaded My First Book for
Validation
Don't be intimidated; we all had to start somewhere and you can always ask
questions. If you agree early on that the quality is only fair, you will
probably be better off rescanning; that has usually been my experience. If this
is the case, you might consider rejecting the book and letting Bookshare know
that you are rescanning; that way you will get the extra submission credit that
you deserve. Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan Reese
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 11:04 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just Downloaded My First Book for Validation
I just downloaded my first book for validation. It's _In The Ruins_ by
Kate Elliott, Crown of Stars Volume 6. It was submitted on November 17, so
it's been up there for a while. The submitter put it in the Fair category, and
by the looks of things, that's about right. I've noticed quite a few errors
just in the first few pages. Also, the copyright information was not provided,
so I put that in.
I'm picking up a paper copy this afternoon from a local bookstore. If it
had been categorized as excellent, I might not have bothered, but I might have
gotten one anyway - preferably from my local library - but they didn't have
one. I would prefer to have a paper copy in case there's a scanning error that
I can't figure out. I have an Optacon, so I at least don't have to ask someone
sighted what's on the page if I run into trouble. I've been wanting to read
this book since it came out last August, though, so I'm going to read right
through it.
However, if the errors are too many and too egregious, I just may scan
the whole thing in again. It might come out better - my OpenBook does a pretty
good job, especially with hardcovers and trade paperbacks. It might be more
effective timewise than trying to puzzle out garbled text. Hopefully that
won't be necessary.
I'm a little nervous, this being my first book and all. I hope I do
things correctly.
By the way, is there a keyboard shortcut for the Copyright symbol? I
just used alt-169 at the beginning of the book where it's supposed to be, but I
was wondering if there is a keyboard combination for that? Just curious.
I also subscribed to the volunteer discussion list. I was a little
intimidated at first by the 50 messages per day figure cited on the website,
but I figure that it may not be as bad as all that; it isn't as though I have
to read all of them.
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