[bksvol-discuss] Re: Submitting a book that is already in the collection and has received an excellent rating - is it worth it to submit my changes?
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- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2008 00:33:47 -0500
Regards,
Jess
On 12/4/08, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jess!
>
> Sometimes a rescan is preferable. My rule of thumb is this: "If I'd
> rather read a copy better scanned than the original, then I'll submit my
> rescan." The issues that you mention may indeed help people out. I, for
> one, would totally appreciate having a copy of a book with page numbers
> placed properly, rather than one with them interspersed between words in a
> line of text. If I really enjoyed or cared about the book, this alone would
> be a reason to rescan and resubmit a book. Basically, if you think your
> scan is cleaner, probably someone else will appreciate it. But it's your
> call. Better is better, in my opinion.
>
> I made the comment to Julia that I did, because I'm very familiar
> with the original submitters scans and find them near perfect. If Julia
> were to look at the books in the collection and find the copies lacking in
> some way, and I were her, I'd submit my copy if I thought it had fewer
> problems than the original submission.
>
> Hope I've clarified my thinking. I wasn't trying to tell Julia that
> there was anything wrong with her work. I was just saying that the work of
> the original submitter is generally very very good and might not need to be
> replaced, thus requiring Julia to go to a lot less work.
>
> Sorry for the long ramble in pursuit of clarification.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
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> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jess Killian
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:54 PM
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Submitting a book that is already in the
> collection and has received an excellent rating - is it worth it to submit
> my changes?
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have scanned in "The Rape of Lucrece" by William Shakespeare.
> This book is already in the collection and has received an excellent
> rating - the only problems it has is that there is no synopsis, some
> page numbers are in the middle of the sentences, and parts of the book
> are double spaced. I have fixed these mistakes in my scanned copy,
> which is sitting on my hard drive waiting to be submitted.
>
> Earlier this evening, I read a post from Ms. ReNae that got me
> thinking. For those list members that do not know what post I am
> talking about, following is an explanation of what the post was about.
> A girl by the name of Julia (I apologize for using first names, I
> mean no disrespect) wrote requesting help with a Christmas novel. Ms.
> ReNae responded to her request, informing her that unfortunately her
> time spent scanning was a waist because the book was already in the
> collection and had been given an excellent quality rating. After
> reading the post from Ms. ReNae, I was wondering - is it worth it to
> submit the book with the changes I made - or will it just be rejected?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jess
>
>
>
>
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>
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