[bksvol-discuss] Re: Pearson and Imprints
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:02:43 -0700
Hi, Madeleine, I'm sorry but my computer can't read the attachment you
sent. The reason is I'm running a older version of the Microsoft
products. In fact the year of the stuff I have is 2002 or 2003. Regards,
Kim Friedman.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Madeleine
Linares
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 10:57 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Bookshare.org Volunteers
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Pearson and Imprints
Hi everyone,
I know that having a regularly updated list of the publishers we work
with and their many imprints is something that volunteers have been
asking for. I am in the process of creating this list, but,
unsurprisingly, it's taking some time. To tide you over, I've come up
with a list of publishers we DO NOT currently work with, and won't be
working with in the near future: Pearson and its many imprints.
As always, it is possible that we could suddenly start to work with
Pearson. I have been told that this is highly, highly unlikely--as
unlikely as me winning the lottery (a wonderful dream, but something
that realistically won't happen)!
The last thing I want is for volunteers to feel that their hard work is
not appreciated or respected, so I think having a current list of
"publishers to avoid" will hopefully solve problems of volunteer
submissions being replaced (as opposed to a list of "safe" publishers
that we don't currently work with but might start working with at some
point). Of course, as people have mentioned before, even if your
submission is replaced by a publisher's at some point, you still made
available something that members would not otherwise be able to access,
which is a wonderful thing.
Please find Pearson and imprints attached as an excel spreadsheet. As
of right now, you can definitely proof and scan books by publishers on
the Pearson and Imprints list (of course, make sure to check that we
don't already have the book in the Bookshare collection first!). We
won't be working with them anytime soon. I tried to make it as
comprehensive as I could. If you find any problems or other publishers
that I've forgotten to include, please email me rather than post on the
Freelists, as I'm more likely to see the email. I do follow the
Freelists, but with the volume of discussion, it's possible that I might
miss things and I don't want to!
Let me know if you need a different format of the list and I'll get one
to you.
I hope this helps as a safe way and easy guide to publishers you can
definitely use at the moment, and I'll be getting the master (and
alphabetized!) list of all publishers and imprints out to you as soon as
I finish it.
Happy proofing and scanning!
Best,
Madeleine Linares
Volunteer Coordinator
Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative
650-644-3459
madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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