I did that when validating a book that I think had been downloaded and submitted from Project Gutenberg. I couldn't get the print book but downloaded the PG book myself to compare the bookshare file to. The PG file did have page breaks, so I put them into the bookshare one I was validating. G.Cindy --- Misha <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have a question about the Baen books that can be > downloaded as rtf. > The Baen ebooks that I have do not have hard page > breaks or page > numbers. They do seem to have the same copyright as > the print books > (most publishers put in a separate copyright line > for the ebook > version). So, if I put in the page breaks and > numbers based on a copy > of the print book, could that be submitted to > bookshare? For that kind > of submit, validation ought to be a snap. Of > course, if we could get > copies from Baen that had the page breaks and > numbers, that would be best... > > Misha > > Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > We do have an agreement with Baen Books: we can > add any of their titles, > > and they've given us global permissions to > distribute them to people > > with disabilities. I would encourage our > volunteers to add all of the > > Baen books they can find. As has been noted, the > late founder Jim Baen > > was a strong supporter of alternative access, and > we see it as a way of > > honoring his commitment. > > > > The question of duplication (with other possible > means of obtaining > > accessible books) comes up frequently. Our > general answer is that we'd > > like to have the book. There are several reasons > for this: > > - format problems (what if PDF doesn't work for > you? What if you're > > deaf and blind and need Braille?) > > - format flexibility (what if you prefer Braille > over audio, even though > > you can hear? What if seeing and hearing the text > at the same time works > > better for you? What if you want to read one way > while mobile and > > another way while in your home or office?) > > - including some Bookshare.org users who are > excluded from some sources > > (because they have a learning disability, because > they are in a > > different country) > > - series completeness (we're increasingly trying > to make entire series > > available on Bookshare.org) > > - ease of access (what percentage of print > disabled people are likely to > > know about a given source, such as Baen's deal?) > > - cost savings (it's cheaper for us to deal with > our users than it is > > for publishers to do the same: that's often the > motivation for working > > with us) > > - Lowering the barrier to access by increasing > task success (we want the > > new and existing user to find the book he or she > wants the great > > majority of the time, so that they are confident > in the future of having > > access) > > > > I'm probably forgetting more reasons, but the key > one is Bookshare.org > > ethic for collection development. If one person > in our community > > thought it was worth scanning and validating, we > want that book. That's > > why 90% of the Bookshare.org collection is there. > Our low cost to add a > > book because of our dedicated volunteer community > makes this a > > responsible policy, while empowering our readers. > > > > Jim Fruchterman > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > > bksvol-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. > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-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. > > WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available at http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-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.