*raises hand* I scanned and gave you the edited OCR work for The Phoenix Guards, cut the spine and all, poor wife actually read it like that afterwards. I also have done the scanning portion of Issola but have not yet done the proof reading and formatting, which really is what took the longest the last time. I hope to get on with that before the end of the next month, but I can't make any firm promises. If you are keeping track of work credits for the scans somewhere: Michael Angelo Tripp-Russo (TPG) Also, just so ya'll know I'll be Unsubscribing this address and Re-subscribing under a new address: Gametech / Voltronalpha at hotmail.com now = michaelangelo at tripp-russo.com - Angelo ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Dyer-Bennet" <dd-b at dd-b.net> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 1:09 PM Subject: Book text search > I went ahead and put in the book edition information, which > incidentally also shows you clearly which books are currently indexed > (only 6 so far). > > I believe somebody from the list provided us with the scanned text of > one of the books, and should be credited for it. If you're still > around, speak up! > > And if anybody has electronic texts of any of the books not currently > indexed, do please get in touch. *This* use of the electronic text > appears to be legitemate (Steven approves, and Tor didn't object). My > experience with the first three Vlad novels was that it took me just > about 2 hours to scan, OCR, and do enough proofreading, using a > somewhat slow scanner (chosen for its photo capabilities) and Abby > Finereader Pro (highly recommended; available in a 15-hour demo > version). Obviously a Paarfi novel would take longer! (I did use a > sacrificial copy, cutting the binding off, to make the page handling > easier; this is a less attractive option for newer books where cheap > used paperbacks aren't available). > -- > David Dyer-Bennet, <dd-b at dd-b.net>, <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/> > RKBA: <noguns-nomoney.com> <www.dd-b.net/carry/> > Photos: <dd-b.lighthunters.net> Snapshots: <www.dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/> > Dragaera mailing lists: <dragaera.info/> >