Hi, Cindy!
Technically you are correct, they don't always have to be rescanned. I called
books that can be improved without being scanned a repair instead. The problem
is, depending on when they came in the collection and how they came in the
collection there may not be a suitable copy to the edited, but rather the
original defective text. That is why they recommend a rescan most of the time.
However, if they have the book in a check out format, then a staff person can
put it out. Since we’ve had so much turnover with the volunteer coordinators,
though, I'm not sure if the new people know how to do that. At least that's my
understanding.
Hope that helps!
Valerie
On Jul 6, 2017, at 2:07 AM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
so the books have to berescanned? they can't be put as is on the checkout
list so someone like me can proof them?I thought I'd done that for some
books years ago
On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 9:14 PM, misha <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
This is what I know about BSOs.
Anyone can produce one. You can use the advanced search to find all the good
or fair books still in the catalog and pick one to rescan. Or when you
download a book and are frustrated with the quality even if it is listed as
excellent (especially if it was originally submitted more than 10 years ago).
Then, of course, you have to find a physical copy of the book. Local
libraries are great. I also use a website called Paperbackswap.com for
inexpensive copies of books.
Then when you submit the book, put BSO at the front of the title. As part of
the comments at the end of the submission process it is a good idea (but not
required) that you put something about why you put the book in as a BSO.
That's all there is to it as far as I know (and I have put in several of
them).
Misha
On 7/5/2017 9:06 PM, Aidee Campa wrote:
Hello All:
This is Aidee, one of the proofreaders.
I have a hopefully quick question. I have proofed a book that was a BSO
before, but that was a while ago. How do books tagged as BSO work, exactly?
I know what the letters stand for—better scan of—but I’m not sure who
decides to submit a better scan of a book, or how to request this. I
appreciate any and all help with my possibly silly question.
