wow. Thanks for all the info guys. this does feel like a daunting task for sure *smile*. I'm just hesitant to start in case I do something wrong. proofreading books isn't something I want to take lightly since other members will be reading these books. I will consider everything you guys mentioned and will check out the manual. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:09 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: question on proofreading
Yohandy, go for it! I've been proofreading for two years now. It's a great feeling every time a new book I've proofread gets added to the collection.The first thing to do is sign up to be a volunteer.Then you need to join the volunteer discussion list, which is the place where other volunteers will help you out with any questions you have. I think bookshare automatically adds you to the list when you volunteer, but if they don't, you sign up bysending a blank Email to bks-vol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject lineThen you need to read the volunteer manual, which can be incredibly intimidating even though proofreading really isn't! So don't let it scare you because it isn't really hard, or tough to do.The only books you can proofread are ones that other volunteers have scanned and have submitted. There is a checkout list, and right now there are about 250 books to choose from on it. Books get added every day, and the list seems to stay steady at about 250-300 books ready for proofreading. However, if there are books you'd like to see in the collection and are willing to proofread, you can ask other volunteers who scan, through the discussion list, if they'd team up with you and do those together. In those cases, if they can't find the book in their locally library, you'd usually buy it and send it to them to scan I do this all the time myself, and buy used books as cheaply as possible through the internet to do so.You have two weeks to proofread a book, but if that isn't enough time you can renew it as many times as you need.Here's the bookshare overview page on volunteering: http://www.bookshare.org/about/volunteerOverviewHere's the link to the page where you sign up to volunteer. Before using this link, make sure you are signed in as a member first: http://www.bookshare.org/volunteerSignupAnd here's the volunteer manual - but again, don't let it scare you. There's lots of other volunteers out ere who will help you out with any questions. smile.https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Scanning+and+Proofreading+Manual Judy s. Yohandy wrote:To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.Hello,I'm a bookshare member, and I'd like to become a proofreading volunteer as well. How do I go about doing this? Also what is required of someone when they proofread books? I'll obviously be new to this, and I don't want to make any mistakes or mess things up. are there specific books we must proofread, or can we choose from a list? how about submission deadlines? I read quite a lot and I really want to help out the community. thanks for any help!Check out this awesome file sharing service. Please use my referral link if you plan to sign up.http://www.storage.to/affiliate/JxBfDEsVTo unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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