[bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating Books

  • From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:15:10 -0400

Double message here too.
At 03:00 AM 7/3/2005, you wrote:

Hi Rose,
No books are not available if they are in the administration queue. However,
it's possible that the book is either a duplicate, or has been sent back to
the download page for more editing.

HTH,
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 1:11 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating Books


> We can turn off punctuation and we don't hear the hyphens, however, if > they are there reading with speech is a bit choppy. > > I am reading this book, but I may not renew it, as a matter of fact, I > thought I remembered seeing it as one that is waiting admin approval, so > how I got it is a mystery to me, unless they remain available > regardless. > > Later, once I figure out exactly what I am doing, I will be glad to take > the medical stuff, it is an interest of mine but I work with the > terminology all day long, would recognize errors and have a medical > spell checker installed in Word. > > I'd prefer to read mysteries and romances, but, I have an area of more > or less expertise that could also be useful. > > Any more Robin Cook, Michael Palmer and others in the same vein could > come my way, no problem. > > I am also a historical fiction reader, but not ready to tackle an epic > at this moment. > > > > > > > Rose Combs > rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 9:56 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating Books > > > If the hyphens are at the end of the line and the word > shold not be hyphentaed, you should remove the hyphen > and close up the word. Otherwise, you should leave > them in. I think I read here that people who listen > can turn off punctuation, though I don't know if that > includes hyphens. > > The book I'm validating now and am almost finished > with is originally written in 1920, though this is a > newer edition. However, the published changed nothing. > Therefore, a lot of words that we don't hyphenate any > more, like tonight and upstairs, are hyphenated -- > to-night, up-stairs. I have left them that way and > will put a note about it in the long synopsis so > readers can maybe remove them if they want for their > reading pleasure. > > If I'm wrong to leave them and should eliminate them, > Gustavo or Peter, please let me know. > > Cindy > > > -- Rose Combs <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Yeah, I hate house work. > > > > Question, I am validating a larger project than I'd > > planned, Physical > > Examination for Health Assessment. All the > > copyright info is most > > definitely present. > > > > I converted this doc file to RTF immediately. > > > > My question is this, there are a lot of hyphenated > > words, and the > > hyphens appear to be properly placed, my guess they > > were done by the > > publisher, or else the submitter (no name shown) > > did a good job, I > > should leave these alone? It would read better > > aloud without them, but, > > this is about a 900 page document, I am not really > > inclined to remove > > them all. > > > > Any opinions? This book had a fair rating, although > > in the first few > > pages, I have not found anything other than those > > hyphens that could be > > questionable. > > > > > > Rose Combs > > rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Cindy > > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 9:03 PM > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating Books > > > > > > - > > > It is the equivalent of whether my house is clean > > > enough for me and my > > > wife or for company. > > > > > Mike, > > > > That is an excellent analogy. I laughed, thinking of > > my house. I spend much more time cleaning up books > > for > > bookshare than I do on my house. smiling > > embarrassedly. > > > > Cindy > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________ > > > > Yahoo! Sports > > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football > > > > http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail Mobile > Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/learn/mail > > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.8/37 - Release Date: 7/1/2005 >


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