[bksvol-discuss] Re: What is Mandatory Vs what Are Guidelines for Books (was Re: Re: was Navigation what do members prefer?)

  • From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 10:54:45 -0600

Hi Reggie,
Publishers submit ebooks. Since most ebooks don't have page numbering or page breaks, the publisher quality versions we get don't have them either. There's a growing call among sighted ebook readers to get page numbering and page breaks, or at least some kind of navigation put into ebooks. If that happens, the versions Bookshare gets for us will have them in them again, I hope. smile. 

Judy s.
On 11/25/2012 8:30 AM, Regina Alvarado wrote:

Judy:
Well put! This is an interesting thought! What are the requirements for the
publishers? Are they adhering to the 20, 18, 16, 14 convention? Are they
making sure there are page breaks, etc.? Not if what I have seen of
publisher books.  The few I have read don't even have page breaks or
numbered pages.  If Daisy is so darned important, why aren't the publishers
held to the same things we are as volunteers? I personally do not have any
problem with trying to make it as Daisy friendly as I can, but if someone
buys a book from iTunes or Amazon, they are not Daisy.  I read my books in
Braille, then transfer to Word in .doc and change to RTF.  Then I have to go
through fonts and bolding.  It is a lot of work that publishers just don't
do.
Reggie



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