[bksvol-discuss] Re: Downloading good and fair books?
- From: Monica Willyard <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 19:06:03 -0400
I discovered a couple of things today. Back in February, I
submitted a book called Happiness Is A Choice, and it was added to
the collection last month. It is rated as fair. However, the text
itself is quite readable. It uses a lot of Biblical names, proper
names, and abbreviations of books in the Bible. Since these words
are unknown to the Bookshare system, I wonder what the quality of
the text actually is. I have no way of knowing that, but I suspect
that the rating of good would be more appropriate.
That got me poking around in the books rated as good and fair. I
learned that quite a few of them are in the same boat as my
submission. Of course, there are some books that are truly messed
up. What I'm trying to point out though is that there may be quite a
few books with a rating of good or fair that are actually better than
their rating implies. If that's true, people who don't download good
rated books could be missing out on something actually worth
reading. I wonder how this rating system could be improved to be
more accurate about a book's quality.
Monica
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