[bksvol-discuss] Re: Rescanning Naomi Novik Temeraire
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2012 17:53:36 -0400
I think the publisher quality books are supposed to replace the volunteer proof
copies if they came directly from the publisher. I would check on the menu that
I think that's the case.
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On May 29, 2012, at 5:10 PM, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'm not aware that PQ books cannot scanned. I know that PQ books replace
> volunteer-scanned and-proofed books in the collection, but is it true that
> once a publisher donates an ebook no volunteers cannot scan and/orproof that
> book?
>
> From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:47 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Rescanning Naomi Novik Temeraire
>
> Then please do explain. Why does Book 6 contain page breaks and not section
> breaks if booked six is supposedly direct from the publisher and of publisher
> quality?
> That one may not have been replaced with a publisher quality book yet but it
> seems strange. Oh if anybody is interested there is a seventh one called
> crucible of gold in that series. Either somebody here will need to scan it or
> contact the publisher for it it should be possible.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 29, 2012, at 4:03 PM, "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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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