[bksvol-discuss] Re: Format Frustration

  • From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:17:21 -0500

Hi Elizabeth,

http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/step1old.asp

lists 'old' books, which I define as books submitted more than 90 days ago.

HTH,
Jake
----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 11:08 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Format Frustration



Monica, I do not know which books have been on step 1 for three years because they are in kes and arc formats. There are lots of folks on this list who can validate kes formats. Similarly, there are folks who have open book and can validate arc formats.

Certainly, some of you do not have either k1000 or openbook. There are lots of .doc and .rtf files you can validate.

If you actually know of books which have been on step 1 for a long time, please list specific titles. It may inspire somebody to take an interest in them.

Frankly, one of the things which slows down the list is somebody taking a book, keeping it for weeks and weeks, and then sending it back to step 1.

All the best,
E.


At 11:04 PM 9/13/2006, you wrote:

I just saw the notice on Jake's site about the format policy changes that Bookshare is implementing. I don't think whoever is making that decision has heard a single word we've said about this topic. I'm deeply disappointed, frustrated, and I'm disgusted by what I have just read. While they have eliminated text submissions, the most platform independent format, they are still allowing books to be submitted in Wyn, Openbook, and Kurzweil proprietary formats. I want to scream, but no one would hear me if I did. Does anyone even care that there are some Wyn and Openbook formats that have been on the validation list for 3 years? Can anyone around here even open a Wyn file? I thought we were supposed to be unifying things so that our validators could actually open the books being submitted. Because most people here can't open Openbook files, I have pushed myself to take these books, passing up books I really wanted to work on. I am aware that no one forced me to do this. I wanted to be a team player and help out where I'm needed most, and it seemed wrong to have people submit their work and have it sit there for years because so few people can open the files. I kept telling myself that I wouldn't be needed to work on these kinds of books once the changes took place. I'm not doing that anymore because it's not going to change anything, and whoever is submitting these boring books will just keep on submitting in this format because Bookshare officially encourages it.


Monica Willyard
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