[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fixing book typos and getting validators to recognize that some things are not errors

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:11:17 -0500

That is why even a book Excellent says Almost no Errors, smile.

Scanning doesn't give ups perfect books.  Even if we could make them as 
perfect as we can, it allows for those "oops" to occure and still not be a 
problem.

Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 2:51 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fixing book typos and getting validators to 
recognize that some things are not errors


Jamie,

That's the rule--but...supposing you didn't have the
book to look at. You wouldn't know if that was a
scanno or a misprint in the book. smile

Cindy

--- Jamie Yates <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I guess I just hate for a person to think all the
> hWhat and hWhere and other weird things are errors
> that I didn't bother to fix when that is really how
> the book is. It is some kind of science fiction
> fantasy book so a person familiar with the series
> would probably understand. A person like me would
> not
> understand.
>
> And actual errors, Bookshare says do not correct
> those? Like the one that said I belive would be not
> corrected according to the Bookshare rules right?
> I'm
> pretty sure that was a typo in the book itself.
>
> I don't always spend this much time scanning a book
> but this one is challenging and requires a lot of
> babying but I know it's one somebody really wants so
> I
> don't mind too much.
>
>
> Jamie in Michigan
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