[bookshare-discuss] Re: Publisher Quality books
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:19:24 -0500
Hi all,
Now, Brian, you either haven't been checking the list of new books, or
you haven't been paying attention to the threads here.
One, the Synopses issue has been solved. Allison is working on that,
and if you see a book that doesn't have one, a synopsis, you can send
it to her.
Two, portability is possible, if you discover that a PQ book can't be
read by your favorite portable device, convert it! Don't sit around,
be proactive! Convert to HTML then to TXT. You can place a TXT file
in any kind of device: notetaker, PDA, cell phone, DOS computer, Linux
computer (both laptop and desktop) Windows 9x 2000 XP and Vista (both
laptop and desktop). Mr. Glass assures us that the engineers are
working hard to smooth out the wrinkles in this process, and they need
time vto do that. So, my friend, iffin you want a PQ book, download it
and convert it. It really only takes about five minutes. Shoot,
folks, when you consider that against not having the book at all or
having to wait two years to have the book read by NLS, I do believe
that the perspective will become self evident.
Oh, now, I'm not letting the Bookshare staff off the hook by any means.
It is their job to figure out the solution to the format issues, but
I'm prepared to wait a reasonable amount of time for it to happen.
Just a personal note here. I was walking into Church Choir rehearsal
on Wednesday night and struck up a conversation with one of the other
sopranos about the book I'm currently validating. Oh, yes, she said.
That's her newest book isn't it, came out late last year. Now folks,
when has that happened to you? That, my friends, is a total rush for
me! I used to sit smiling at dinner tables and in other gatherings
while people around me discussed the latest books. Now, *I* can do it
too! That, I am afraid puts things into perspective for me pretty darn quick.
Ann P.
Original message:
All,
I can't understand how one is supposed to use these books if they are not
portable in any way... Are they strictly for desktop reading? Very
puzzling, and very frustrating.
And then the lack of synopsies... Whew! Very frustrating.
Brian Miller
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Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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