As for myself, early on I tried proofing some cookbooks because I thought they would be easy. I didn't actually have much personal interest in them. It did turn out to be at least seemingly easy. When I came across a fraction I just assumed it was right if it looked right. Subsequent discussion on this list caused me to realize that it was a good deal more complicated than I thhought. I quit proofing them.
_ _ _"Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least." - Eugene V. Debs
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 6:23 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Volunteer Poll: Cookbooks Volunteers,The strategy for adapting to the PQ influx that we have discussed here recently has emphasized looking at small publishers. The assumption has been that volunteers would continue to work on books of Level 1 and Level 2 difficulty. Yet Bookshare will continue to have books of greater difficulty.
Recently we have heard from volunteers celebrating their first cookbooks - real skill stretchers. Maybe cookbooks can be an enjoyable Level 3 and beyond training ground for some?
I would like to evaluate the level of volunteer interest in working explicitly on cookbooks. I am raising this on-list because there are multiple issues to be resolved, such as fractions, and multiple perspectives are helpful in resolving them.
Keep in mind that raising the issue do not necessarily mean that we will take cookbooks on as a volunteer project. Cookbooks come to mind because of the recent celebrations on the list. From Bookshare's perspective it would be valuable to see a pioneering group organize itself around developing the techniques for tackling the toughest books whatever their content. You may find that cell phone or refrigerator repair manuals hold greater interest for you as a place to stretch skills and techniques but let's see if there is something for us to learn from cookbooks as a first example.
A couple questions for the list or privately to me: If you have done a cookbook what difficulties did you encounter?Were you able to complete the book or did you team up with someone or have to give up on it?
If you teamed up what did that involve?What good scanning or proofing solutions did you invent or discover in working on a cookbook?
Do you have advice for others who might want to tackle their first cookbook? Thanks Scott Rains Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department ________________________________________ 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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