[bksvol-discuss] Re: Killers Wake by Bernard Cornwell -- Sorry, had to nuke it

  • From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:27:14 -0500

Why not post a message inquiring as to whether the book can be fixed before
deleting it?

Jana

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Guido Corona
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 11:01 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Killers Wake by Bernard Cornwell -- Sorry,
had to nuke it



  If there  are pages that are blank or containing only images,  those pages
should remain in the book as blank pages.  Sorry,  but I will repair those
books that can be repair,   but I will nuke those submissions that I judge
cannot be repaired without the aid of the original print copy.
  There are over 450 books out there for volunteers to work on.  Let us
maximize the effectiveness of our effort.

  Guido


  Guido D. Corona
  IBM Accessibility Center,  Austin Tx.
  IBM Research,
  Phone:  (512) 838-9735
  Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx

  Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at:
  http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html




        "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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        06/14/2004 10:37 AM Please respond to
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Cornwell -- Sorry,  had to nuke it







  I realize it can be hard to check to make sure a book is all there and in
  the correct order, but a common cause of such a problem is pages with
  pictures that are not part of the numbering skeem, but which contain
  informative captions.  I always keep these pages, but because I know
  validating can be difficult with a book like that, I note the numbering
  discrepancy and it's cause in the comments field when submitting.
  I write this message just to make people aware of books like this, and to
  give both submitters and validators an idea of what to do with them.  I am
  not saying that books with messed up page numbering should be accepted
when
  you aren't sure everything is there. :-)

  Sarah Van Oosterwijck
  curious entity at earthlink dot net



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "Guido Corona" <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 9:33 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Killers Wake by Bernard Cornwell -- Sorry, had
to
  nuke it


  > Late last week  I reviewed Killer's Wake by Bernard Cornwell.  Sorry I
had
  > to rejected in spite of the fact that the book was outwardly of
excellent
  > quality.  Unfortunately when I wen I performed a page integrity check by
  > sampling every 20 pages or so,  I realized the book was badly out of
  > kilter.  By page 50 there was already an offset of 4 pages.  I tried to
do
  > some repair,   but crucial page numbers were missing in the problem
spots
  > and I was not able to determine exactly what/where the problem was.
These
  > kinds of situations can only be fixed by the submitter.
  >
  > While it is not necessary to perform complete quality checks and
  > spellchecks before submitting a book,  it is important to perform a
  > thorough page integrity check,  so that the book is submitted   in its
  > entirety,  without page omissions or duplications.  This will make book
  > approval a lot faster.
  > If the original submitter can fix book integrity,  I will be happy to
fix
  > the rest of the book in short order.  Thanks,  Guido
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > Guido D. Corona
  > IBM Accessibility Center,  Austin Tx.
  > IBM Research,
  > Phone:  (512) 838-9735
  > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
  >
  > Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at:
  > http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > "Reggie & Lonnie" <regandlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  > Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  > 06/14/2004 06:28 AM
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  > [bksvol-discuss] Re: An apollogy!
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >
  > I want to apologize to everyone.  I had downloaded books that I was
  > continuously checking, but it has taken me more time.  I downloaded a
lot
  > of
  > books mistakenly as I was very afraid I would have to work on books I
  > would
  > not feel comfortable validating as they were about subjects I know
little
  > about.  Jesse said to not keep them so long unless I could do them
quickly
  > so I have tried to place back on the validation list some of the books
  > that
  > were older.  Again, I apologize, and I hope someone who has more time
than
  > I
  > actually have can help get these finished, and hopefully I can validate
  > quicker in the future.
  >
  > Reggie
  >
  >
  >
  >
  >

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