[bksvol-discuss] Re: Rescanning Naomi Novik Temeraire

  • From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 14:03:52 -0600

Hi Dasha,
The Temeraire books are all publisher quality. That means that they were submitted by a publisher and cannot be replaced by a volunteer scan. Publisher quality scans trump all other versions.
The reason the Temeraire books don't have page numbers or page breaks is that they came from electronic versions the publisher originally intended for e-readers. Many e-reader books do not have page numbers or page breaks in them. That's the way they are sold to sighted readers, so that's the way the come to Bookshare direct from the publisher.
The spelling errors as well are direct from the publisher, and can't be corrected by us volunteers. 

Hope that helps explain why those books are that way! smile.

Judy s.

On 5/29/2012 9:33 AM, Dasha Radford wrote:


Hi,
If somebody was interested in doing this it might be helpful. I just recently 
downloaded the copies of Naomi Novik's Temeraire adventures series. There is 
something I noticed in book one and I know it is true in the first one and I'm 
not sure but I can check the others. That one seems to only have section breaks 
and no page breaks as well as some very clear spelling errors. I'll check the 
others but I'm wondering. If someone still has the copies of these books could 
they rescan them and put them up for proofreading? I would like to see if we 
can't improve the quality.
Thanks to all and let me know what you guys think,
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