[bksvol-discuss] Re: If text is too good
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:16:28 -0700 (PDT)
Mike,
I can't answere for Paul, but I would suspect that her
answer would be the same as mine -- which is that it's
impossible to answer your question, since it depends
on the size of the book and what else we're doing in
our lives at the moment. I don't go through the
processs that Jim does, but I do what Paula does. I
scan the book, doing the covers and flaps and
everything up to the main text first. Then I read it
correcting as I go along -- correcting not only
spelling and scanning errors but formatting. Since I'm
fortunate enough to be sighted, I can correctly format
poetry (including Chinese) and children's books with
illustrations. As I said, the time involved depends
on many things -- but an advantage is that I've been
introduced (by filling requests) to authors and works
that I never would have known about otherwise and have
come to enjoy. Also, by using this process to scan
books that I've enjoyed in the past, or come across in
my library volunteer job, that I think would be a good
addition to the collection, I've been able to reread
books that I've enjoyed. It's a good excuse.
Cindy
--- Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Paula
>
> Your approach sort of reminds me of the medieval
> monks who painstakingly
> copied scrolls for preservation for future
> generations. And, this is how
> I've always thought is how one would get ultimately
> great copies into
> scanned etexts particularly if the intent was first
> and foremost scanning
> for the benefit of others.
>
> Can you give me some idea, for a typical book, how
> long it takes you to go
> through the whole process from laying the first page
> on the scanner to
> finally hitting the submission key on the BookShare
> site.
> I ask the question out of admiration and in no way
> wish to demean those
> who submit stuff they happened to do just for
> themselves.
>
>
>
>
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