[bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold fors
- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 16:38:25 -0500
Hi Evan. I think the waiting period on approving books would have some
unintended consequences. First, Carrie sometimes kicks a book back to step 1
because something like a title page needs fixed. This takes a whopping 10
minutes to fix. Second, I have worked on several children's books that I've
read cover to cover in 30 minutes. It would be annoying to proofread them
and then have to wait for the site to let me upload my book. The only way a
waiting period would make sense to me is if it were based on a certain page
count and if it were only in affect for a person's first download of that
book. I could go for having a waiting period for books of over 100 pages or
so.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:48 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold fors
Since the site knows the exact time the book was downloaded, and the exact
time the book is sent back up to the admin queue, it could be programmed to
not permit a book to be uploaded until a specified period of time has
passed. That way, a proofreader could not turn the book around within a set
period of time, say 2 hours or 1 day, or whatever.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 3:47 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold fors
> It may be me, however I am having trouble following your idea here.
>
>
> At 03:41 PM 3/4/2009, you wrote:
>>One thing that might be helpful to at least deter some of the download
>>and imediate uploads would be to have a minimum amount of time a
>>proofreader can have a book out for proofing. It that check-in link
>>wasn't viewable for say, a day or two, the proofreader has to a,
>>remember to check it back in, and be isn't tempted to download and
>>upload in the same five minutes. Maybe the inability to immediately
>>check a book back in would make someone go "well since i have this
>>book anyway i might as well read it." Given the renew process, the
>>technological capability of such a thing is already in place. I doubt
>>it would be that complicated to implement. Sure, it's not fool-proof.
>>But is there any such thing when working with volunteers/humans?
>>
>>--
>>Natasha and Guide Dog Fossey
>>
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>>
>>"Footsteps in the snow
>>suggest where you have been,
>>Point where you are going,
>>But where they suddenly vanish,
>>Never dismiss the possibility of flight."
>> ~Book of Night With Moon, ch. 11, V. 3
>> ~ as quoted in A Wizard Alone, by Diane Duane
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