[bksvol-discuss] Re: BSOs For The Last Time
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 08:45:08 -0800
I didn't know what a Lorelard was so I googled; after I was referred to
Lorillard (cigarette company) I saw that you had said "Lorelard add" [sic]
smile That would be surprising to find in the middle of a book.i.e., the ad
would be; I can understand the word used as a substitute for the noun
cigarette, e.g., I was smoking a Lorillard when I bumped into ...."
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 8:01 AM, Gary Petraccaro <garypet130@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> I'll keep that in mind. I'll do anything from your list, or BS's list,
> depending on whether I already have it in the collection. If they do
> outsorce it, then that will trump my sub and they wouldn't take it.
> Regardless, it was fun and I did enjoy the book. The unusual thing to me
> is the Lorelard (sp) add smack dab in the middle of the book. 1962 edition.
> Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Ours was one of our best.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Thursday, November 28, 2013 7:43 PM
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: BSOs For The Last Time
>
> #
> I don't suppose you clear a BSO with anyone. Just submit it with BSO
> followed by a colon in the title field before the title.
> On 11/28/2013 2:22 AM, Gary Petraccaro wrote:
>
> I have just spellchecked the book. There a few things which need someone
> to doublecheck me on and the images will take care of that. Who should I
> clear a BSO with? Does anyone know?
> Btw, this is precisely the issue I'm talking about. Technology has
> improved markedly since the original submit.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:24 PM
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: BSOs For The Last Time
>
> #
> As a matter of fact, I recently did a quality report on a book that was
> designated as excellent on its metadata page. It was They Walked Like Men
> by Clifford D. Simak. Despite the excellent rating of the quality I found
> scanning errors on most every page. It was certainly not fair. Those are
> unreadable. I judged it to be good and I said that in my quality report. I
> think it was about a week or so later that I got an email informing me that
> it would be rescanned.
> On 11/26/2013 8:22 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
>
> Go to the book in the collection that is not truly Excellent and click on
> the Book quality and make; I'm not positive what will happen; it may go
> back to the checkout queue as a BSO; but if no one takes it to proof and
> correct you can scan it and submit it as a replacement. Or perhaps a better
> thing would be for you to scan and submit it with a note in the comments
> that it's a replacement for one in the collection that is far from
> Excellent;
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Gary Petraccaro <garypet130@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I have sorted all the "good" or "fair" books that I have copies and
>> will scan and submit those. What I'd like would be to scan and submit all
>> the books which are called excellent and which are not. I have heard of
>> these from a former subscriber who quit in disgust at the appearance of
>> mislabeling. I want to do what I can to upgrade as much of the collection
>> as I can from the collection of books which I have. My local library is
>> very small and it would be better for me to use my own collection of books
>> I have available to me.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Cc:* Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Saturday, November 23, 2013 8:46 PM
>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: BSOs For The Last Time
>>
>> I don't know quite what you mean by when we upgraded; when books were
>> rejected for being less than good? what is it you'd like to do, or have
>> done; make a list of all books in the collection rated Fair or poor and
>> have them put on the checkout list as BSOs? that sounds good to me I
>> could take them as I have time and proof and improve them; (I have quite a
>> few things to do first so it would take a while but it's the kind of
>> project I'd like.
>> Cindy
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 5:20 AM, Gary Petraccaro <garypet130@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> I have gone through most of the books I have and I've found some books
>>> from
>>> the "good" list. I will get to those when I have time. But what I'd
>>> like
>>> to do at this point is to narrow down when we upgraded quality. Does
>>> anyone
>>> remember when that was? I had been using 2005.
>>> Thanks for the input and Happy Thanksgiving to all.
>>>
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