[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare & PQ submission
- From: "Ann McCay" <annmccay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:15:25 -0700
That is exactly what I am saying as well. From a publisher that I just read
from Bookshare.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 2:06 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare & PQ submission
I don't mind a better copy of a book I have scanned replacing mine but some
of the PQ books I have downloaded have been very bad and unacceptable.
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From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
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Cc: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Lisa Friendly" <lisaf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 3:08 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare & PQ submission
> Hi, Cindy. No one likes to have their time wasted or see what they
> worked on replaced. Having said that, a large number of books
> currently in the collection are nowhere near perfect. Keeping them for
> the sake of preserving someone's time isn't fair to the members of
> Bookshare both because it would create confusion when someone is
> searching for books and because we don't enjoy reading messed up books
> unless we have no other choice. Even books rated excellent aren't
> usually letter perfect, and a significant number have some serious
> issues.
>
> Cindy, you have the ability to grab a book from your library or
> bookstore and read it whenever you want to. You never have to worry
> about scannos, and you don't have the distraction of hearing non-words
> spoken in almost every paragraph. Yet you are the loudest voice asking
> for Bookshare to keep scanned books when a publisher-quality book is
> available. Yes, you may validate carefully from the print copy, and
> that's wonderful. You are not in the majority though, and Bookshare
> can't just keep books processed by you while getting rid of everyone
> else's. All of us here have put our money, time, and energy into
> preparing books for people to read. Yet we do this knowing that
> someone could come along and do a BSO of our book at any time. In this
> case, the publisher is doing a BSO, and who is more qualified to
> provide it than the publisher?
>
> You send your emails copied to Lisa and Pavi and would seem to speak
> for us. You don't speak for many of us because you don't have any
> concept of what it's like to have scanned books as your only source
> for reading material. If Bookshare had a magic button where they could
> replace every book with a perfect publisher quality version, I would
> celebrate and send the staff some champagne. There are a small number
> of books with hand-written picture descriptions that might be
> replaced, and you could contact Bookshare about those. There are
> literally thousands of books in the Bookshare collection that are
> barely legible right now. They would become a pleasure to read if
> replaced. Teachers want extremely clean scans for their students to
> read. The PQ books provide that and benefit adult readers as well. I
> just hope they will expand the program and that other publishers will
> work with Bookshare in the future.
>
>
> --
> Monica Willyard
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