Hi Roger and everyone!Not only the art work, but often, the title and maybe the author's name are in a weird font or written very large, so the OCR probably treats it as part of the art work.
Debby At 07:36 PM 6/20/2010, Roger Loran Bailey wrote
besides that, front covers rarely have anything on them worth scanning anyway. Like I said, mostly artwork, that is why they scan so poorly._ _ _ "Socialism is an attack on poverty." - W. E. B. Du Bois The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 4:28 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: CoversHi Scott, Honestly, I rarely scan front covers. They generally have such difficult to scan print that it just isn't worth it to have the title of the book and the author's name, plus sometimes the publisher. The title page is a different matter, but talking covers only, the inside flaps of book jackets and the back covers are often all that contains pertinent material that isn't available elsewhere in the book. My advice to you is that if you are scanning a book, not to struggle with the front cover, which, to answer your question, most times seems to contain the title and author of a book, just isn't worth the time and trouble of having that material scanned, since it appears on the title page anyway, and is almost impossible to get to scan clearly. Does that answer your question in a far too roundabout way? Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Berry Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 9:15 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Covers Hi Mary, On covers I have a question as well. When you talk a cover I am assuming it has the title and author is there supposed to be anything else on that page? -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 19:01 To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Covers Hi Debby, The jacket flaps or back cover are fine for long synopsis material. You're right. Just no reviews. No worries. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 3:10 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Covers Hi Evan, Gary and everyone! I thought the only rule about the long synopsis is that we are not allowed to grab a publisher's review from Amazon or any place like that. Am I right? I use at least some of the jacket or back cover information for my long synopses, because it often gives a good description of what the book is about. Debby At 07:38 AM 6/16/2010, EVAN REESE wroteI never heard any rule about that. While I definitely would not include it within the book, I really don't see why you couldn't use it for the long synopsis on the submission form if you wanted to. I mean, it's just telling what the book is about, so it's going to pretty much be the same thing no matter which edition it's from, right? Unless it specifically says that it contains revised text, or somehow indicates in some way that it's different from other editions, I don't see the problem. But I don't think it would be appropriate to put it in the actualfile of the book.Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>Gary Petraccaro To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 7:09 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Covers We should not use the paperback cover blurb for either another paperback edition or a hardcover edition of the same title. Is that right? Is there a resource for cover info for any edition of a book? (Just hoping.)-- mailto:<the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT 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. 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