I would probably be interested in proofreading certain textbooks but only if I had a copy of the book available. Putting your textbooks on Bookshare is commendable but would you also be willing to loan your print copy to the proofreader? Most of these books are either not easily available or are too expensive for those doing proofreading to buy, and I am one of those proofreaders who is not willing to validate without having a print copy available. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: "My Nickels Worth" <lavendar@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:04 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a question about text book scanning
I'm in school right now, too, and I am doing the submitting of textbooks asI go, or am planning to, anyway! Caitlyn -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 3:27 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a question about text book scanning Candice, Here is a message that was in one of the first newsletters: If you're a student or teacher requesting a book specifically needed for school, go to the front of the line with mail to: schoolbookrequest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Bookshare may not be able to get them done quickly enough for you, but maybe they can get the books from the publishers. It's nice of you to scan them and then submit them, and you'd probably better start, but maybe you won't have to finish. smile Cindy Ro --- candice <candicat87@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Hi, I've been a volentier for a bit, but kind of a quiet one since the embarricement of scanning in some of the Acorna's children's books by Anne McCafrey. I had a question though, soon I'll be getting the list of text books I'll need this semester. Can someone give me some thoughts about scanning text books with OCR for bookshare, should I not do it that way? I will be scanning them for myself, and figured that being nice and sharing wouldn't hurt as long as it's decent quality.WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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