Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christina" <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:24 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan > Argh. Thanks for the warning Mayrie. It'll be much easier if I can mark > the pages ahead of time so I know when the fonts change. I'm glad to know > about this ahead of time since I'm still new at scanning and I'd have just > gotten confused and frustrated otherwise. > Christina > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:06 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan > > > > Hi Christina, > > > > Thought I'd warn you. "The Art of Detection" by Laurie R. King is a > > book I started to work on and kind of bailed on. It is written in two > > separate fonts. So, just when you think you've got your scanner settings > > set right, the font will change, and you'll need to readjust. It isn't > > unmanageable, if you scan and read a few pages at a time as you scan. > > You'll end up, probably, with two sets of scanning settings that will work > > and have to switch between them. I just wasn't patient enough to do the > > work. Just thought I'd tell you what you can expect with that one, so > > that > > you can be prepared for the kind of work it will take. > > > > I really like that series of books, so will be thrilled and pay > > homage to your patience once that one is in the collection! Thanks for > > taking on a bear of a book! You're awesome! > > > > Mayrie > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christina > > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:30 PM > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Planning to Scan > > > > Hello, everyone. I have some very good friends who are letting me borrow > > some of their books to scan and add to Bookshare. I plan to scan the > > following: > > Guardians of the West by David Eddings > > Player of Games by Iain Banks > > The Tides of Time by John Brunner > > Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold > > The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King > > The Jack Vance Treasury by Jack Vance > > Night's Daughter by Tanith Lee > > A Dirty Job by Christopher > > Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn. > > > > It's obviously going to take me a while to get through all of these so if > > any of you want to validate any of these or want to read any of them right > > away, please let me know and I'll do those first. > > Thanks. > > Christina > > > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > > 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. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3503 (20081008) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > 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.