[bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion
- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 17:28:43 -0700
And whatever credit we now get is far better than the 50 cents being credited
for several years. I was happy to see Bookshare realize that the proofreader's
work was just as valuable as that of the scanner. Jill
----- Original Message -----
From: Denise Thompson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:49 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion
Well, when it comes down to it, there is also a big difference in scanning
and proofing childrens books than doing fiction books. Most childrens' books
are less than 50 pages. Some a lot less. That takes a whole lot less time than
average novels of 200 plus pages. Personally I think there should be a
different credit amount for kids books verses adult books also.
It seems that once we start down that slope, though it starts getting very
complicated and more difficult for book share to track. And the credits are a
tocon anyway. It doesn't have any reference to actual hours spent, etc. Each of
us can scan or proof the same book and it takes us different time amounts
depending on equipment, software and skill- whether you have sight or not, etc.
It's hard to know where the cut-offs should be if we start assigning differing
amounts of credits for different categories of books.
Denise
At 02:51 AM 5/6/2010, you wrote:
I was talking to another BookShare member and I was saying I think
nonfiction books should be worth more credits to the validator/submitter. For
one, they tend to be longer. For another, they often contain charts, diagrams,
section headings, indices, etc. Many special features that need special
handling. Thirdly, they are more difficult to obtain short of purchasing your
own copy. I think people don't touch them immediately because of the
time-consuming nature of validating them. Just a thought.
Andromache
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