Cannot imagine what is taking them so long in changing so that page numbers
are a requirment. On the other hand, we had talked about getting rid of
.txt files for over eighteen months before they finally were banned. I
guess these things take a long long time to resolve somehow. I too think
page numbers ought to be a firm r4equirement. I also ask that people
scanning books check for 1 instad of I which is a common error and terribly
annoying to the end user. If you do a find for "1 have" and "1 am" you can
be pretty sure of catching such a tendency.
E. At 06:46 PM 10/18/2006, you wrote:
Dear Lisa and Bookshare Friends,
Lisa, just a word in support of your preference to have accurate page numbers in books for Bookshare. I hope someday the lowest requirements for submissions and validations will be upgraded. Page numbers are an integral element of the overall integrity of a book. Our reading styles vary, but in my case, I've always appreciated knowing the print page numbers.
So, to those of you who include, format and protect them, my sincere thanks.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Belville" <lisab12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 7:47 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice needed for submission with no page numbers
Hi, Monica and all.
Okay, thanks for the advice. I guess I was surprised to see a book labeled BSO that didn't have the page numbers. I understand that they're not required by Bookshare, but they are nice to have even if the book isn't being used for anything academic.
I did know that there is an automated process to repaginate books. I usually use the HTML copy to do my reading, so having the exact page numbers isn't that big of a deal to me.
Thanks again.
Lisa
----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 11:51 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice needed for submission with no page numbers
Lisa, since page numbers are not a requirement for submission, I think the book should be accepted. Page breaks are required, but page numbers are not. By the way, did you know that the Bookshare tools will number the pages? It won't be exact since there's probably a few pages of introductory matter in the front, but many of the Bookshare books have somewhat messed up page numbers anyhow. I'd rather have clean text in a book than messier text with page numbers. The version on Bookshare is pretty messy, so this could be an improvement.
Monica Willyard
At Tuesday 10/17/2006 09:32 PM, you wrote:Hi, all.
I'm validating the BSO copy of The Devil's Waltz by jonathan Kellerman.
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