It's in the Bookshare collection, but I suggest you make mockingbird one word instead of two. Carrie estin <estin@xxxxxxx> wrote: Does any one know whare I can get to kill a mocking bird > ----- Original Message ----- >From: juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx >To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" >Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 15:12:58 -0400 (EDT) >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the Step 1 Page >I also sent Kerry some "doosies" for her as I couldn't conquere them and I >hoped, smile that Kerri would take them on. >Actually the Better IEP book is mine and I am so glad that she is attacking >it along with the White House book. >Smile. >I usually prevalidate my scans and usually submit things people have >expressed an interest in in the past or something that is lacking on the >sight. Am working on animal and craft books right now. >And Boating and Sailing as this is an interest of mine. >Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI >and Judson, guiding golden >juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx >Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. >Graduate Alumni Association Board >www.guidedogs.com >Dog ownership is like a rainbow. > Puppies are the joy at one end. > Old dogs are the treasure at the other. >Carolyn Alexander >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lora" >To: >Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:52 PM >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books on the Step 1 Page >I know that Jake and others have mentioned that they would like to see the >Step 1 page cleared out. It was suggested that some of the books submitted >weren't popular, because of the time they lingered on the Step 1 page, and >it was implied that because of this, despite numerous such submissions, the >books weren't all that useful. >First of all, I would prefer never to see the Step 1 page cleared out. To >me, this would suggest that we're not submitting enough books to keep the >validators busy. I hope that Bookshare never experiences this fate, as the >majority of the books I now read come from Bookshare. NLS, RFB and other >such sources are distant seconds. Keep submitting books, and hopefully >we'll develop a rhythm, a steady flow that always has books rolling off the >step 1 page, while others roll on. There are some instances when completing >everything on your plate is good, but I'm not convinced that this is such an >instance. >I don't know where Carrie gets all of her books, but at least a few of them >have come from me. They're very specific, books for business analysts, and >it's likely that very few people would want to read them. I snag them when >they come up, and often hold on to them for quite some time, until I have >time to make sure they're in really good shape. If other users then submit >very special interest books, and expect others to validate them instead of >realizing that since they're of such narrow interest they'll have to do it >themselves, then it's possible that many books Carrie scans would linger on >the Step 1 page. I don't know how many books this applies to, so please >understand I'm not quoting a statistic, just pointing out a possible >scenario. >And sometimes books linger for other reasons. I have a Laurell K. Hamilton, >Anita Blake book, sitting on my hard drive. It will probably only take a >few hours to validate, as the scan is excellent, but I've not been in a >rush. Why? Because I approved Guilty Pleasures, the first book in that >series, positively ages ago, and it's still in the admin queue. Perhaps >it's my own bias, but I figure, why rush it? People will want to read the >books in order, so I'll do this one once the first book goes up. >As to clearing out step 1, a suggestion, then, would be to occasionally >validate books you're not interested in. I've validated a western romance, >a few textbooks, and some Hooked On Phonics Books, none of which are of any >interest to me. And trust me, the western romance is at the very bottom of >the heap of things I want to read. >And if the books linger, so be it. After all, maybe one day someone will be >looking for a book, and discover it hiding on the Step 1 page. >Only my two cents. Everyone's Bookshare experience, and philosophy, will >differ. >Lora >----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.10/418 - Release Date: 8/14/2006 > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 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. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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. --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com