[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: A book you have recently uploaded requires further editing
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:15:54 -0500
It's not Bookshare's expectations that are high, it is the expectations of the
paying members. According to its founder, the biggest complaint people have
about Bookshare is poor book quality. Good enough to read is not good enough
anymore. And I for one am very thankful for that.
I wasn't aware that Carrie was checking books as carefully as she apparently is
these days. I'm glad to see it.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly Ford
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 9:06 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: A book you have recently uploaded requires
further editing
I guess my point here is that this e-mail isn't clear enough on next steps.
From the e-mail Ihave no idea if I'm supposed to resubmit the entire book and
if so what happens to the existing copy.
All that said, I do not have the original book any longer and do not have the
time to make edits. I read the book the way it was and it was good enough for
me to read. If someone else is interested in fixing these items feel free. I
say that not to indicate that quality books are not important to me but more a
reflection of the time I'm able/willing to invest. I fear Bookshare's
expectations have become to high at times and if I'm going to invest that level
of energy I'd rather do it convincing more publishers to give etext directly
versus fixing something that exists someplace in electronic format already.
Thanks for the further explanation.
Kelly
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From: Carrie Karnos [mailto:ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 10:10 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: A book you have recently uploaded requires
further editing
What are you supposed to do here? I stated in the email:
Please delete duplicate pages 102-103 and 264-265. There are a lot of
words that have run together (as an example: "Life isn't taking some trustW
and figuring out how to spend it.You work.You contribute.That'si."), which
also has some scannos. Please separate the words that have run together too.
I'm not going to fix up your book. I simply make one last look before putting
the book into the collection. Even if I wanted to fix up your book, if there
were only a few minor errors, I couldn't. If I make changes, if I save the
file, it's thrown away. The only file I can approve to go into the collection
is the validator's copy. A year ago, I asked Engineering for the ability to
make changes to the validator's file and save the changed file into the
collection. They haven't added that capability in. It may or may not be in the
new website. I'll find out soon.
In your book, there are way too many scannos and words run together to fix in
a short time, so personally I think that rescanning the whole book would be
faster. But the choice of fixing it up or rescanning is up to you. Both the
submitter and the validator have a responsibility to clean up the book as much
as possible. Neither did. I returned the book to the download list so you could
clean it up. If you don't want to clean it up, download it and reject it, which
puts it in the rejection queue. I'll remove it from the system, no problem.
Carrie
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From: Kelly Ford <kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, December 7, 2008 9:26:31 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] FW: A book you have recently uploaded requires
further editing
What am I supposed to do here? Am I supposed to reupload the book or what.
And if someone made these comments, why didn't that person just do what they
are asking me to do?
-----Original Message-----
From: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:56 PM
To: kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: A book you have recently uploaded requires further editing
Dear Kelly,
This email is automatically generated by Bookshare.org. We are contacting
you because a book, (#53985) of American Outrage by Tim Green has been
marked for more editing before publication on Bookshare.org.
Comments explaining the reason for more editing have been included in this
email.
We invite you to contact volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if you need more
information regarding this submission. We appreciate the time you spend
contributing to Bookshare.org, and look forward to continuing to build the
collection together.
Below are some of the specific reasons for the request for further editing
of this submission:
* Please delete duplicate pages 102-103 and 264-265. There are a lot of
words that have run together (as an example: "Life isn't taking some trustW
and figuring out how to spend it.You work.You contribute.That'si."), which
also has some scannos. Please separate the words that have run together too.
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