[bksvol-discuss] Re: Download Stats

  • From: Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 06:01:51 -0400 (EDT)

joanie

There are 2 kinds of book submitters:

(1)  Many of us, on this list, scan our books with the intention of 
primarily submittinglbooks to BookShare.  In some instances, like many of 
the books Shelley does, they would never be scanned if there were no 
BookShare as she scans them with the main intent that they end up here.
Hence, in situations such as these, extra care and attention is given to 
the work.

(2)  Many people scan books for themselves for their own reading as a 
primary intent.  Submitting it to BookShare is a secondary intent.
Hence, the person doesn't wish to devote 
extra time or effort in preparing the book
and BookShare receives it "as is."

Both are valid approaches to scanning and submitting.  Whether BookShare 
on its end should accept these books into the collection is a separate 
issue.
However, it must be remembered that not everyone who submits books scans 
them with the primary intent that they end up on Bookshare; hence, we 
shouldn't fault submitters for material submitted prepared for their own 
use that they wish to share (hence the name BookShare).
With more and more books being prepared, however, and limited volunteer 
and staff time to accept material for inclusion, it is only natural that 
the standards of what is deemed acceptible is continually being raised.

And with literally hundreds of romance novels published monthly, and if 
someone wanted to read many of them for themselves, I can understand 
why they'd take the fast unchecked approach to scanning them for 
themselves.




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