[bksvol-discuss] Re: Methods For Listing New Books
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 21:53:42 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Gerald. I'll go there now. smile
Cindy
--- Gerald Hovas <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy,
>
> If you go to the main page for Jake's site
> (www.jabrownell.com) instead of
> using the link that Jake and I included in our
> e-mails, you'll find a link
> on the first page titled Bookshare Expension
> Initiative.
>
> On this page you'll find a link title Useful
> Bookshare Links. Click on that
> link.
>
> Clicking on it will take you to a page with the
> following links:
>
> English Books Sorted By Most Recent Publication Date
> Spanish Books Sorted By Most Recent Publication Date
>
> Clicking on the link for English Books will list the
> newest books written in
> English beginning with the last one approved.
>
> You're right. The terminology "publication date"
> refers to when the book is
> published by Bookshare, or in other words, when it's
> added to Bookshare's
> collection, which is the same as saying when it's
> approved.
>
> Yes, this is a lot easier then looking them up one
> by one if you just want
> to know which to delete from your list of books in
> the admin queue.
>
> HTH
>
> Gerald
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:41 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Methods For Listing
> New Books
>
> The more I explore Jake's site, the more impressed I
> am. I'm sorry it took me so long to go there.
>
> But I couldn't find the New Books list. What is it
> called? Does publication refer to date books are
> added
> to the bookshare collection instead of date the
> book
> was published?
>
> I see it would be a lot easier for me to check
> Jake's
> list and delete books from mty Admin Q list than to
> put titles into Adbanced Search one by one.
>
> Cindy
> --- Silvara <silvara@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Once I started to use Jake's page to check new
> > books, I never go on
> > bookshare's new books page. Especially since there
> > is that one day delay.
> > *smile*
> > ***
> > Grace
> >
> > For scanning and validating tips
> > check out
> > http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/tl.asp the No Book
> Left
> > Behind AKA the Reject
> > list at
> > For ideas of books to scan check out:
> > Reject list
> > http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/reject.asp
> > Rescan List
> > http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/rescan.asp
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:11 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Methods For Listing New
> > Books
> >
> >
> > > Katie,
> > >
> > > There are three ways to list new books that I'm
> > aware of.
> > >
> > > The first, and the one that everyone is familiar
> > with, is Bookshare's New
> > > Books List. Books don't automatically show up
> on
> > this list when they
> > > are
> > > approved. I had thought the list was updated
> > nightly by a scheduled task,
> > > but according to what Carrie said earlier today,
> > Gustavo has to kick off
> > > that task manually to update the New Books list.
>
> > It also appears that
> > > Gustavo is keeping more than one list which he
> has
> > to update manually
> > > because the links which he added on the Main
> page
> > and the Volunteer Home
> > > page for accessing the New Books List tend not
> to
> > agree with the Browse
> > > New
> > > Books page Until a day or two after there hasn't
> > been any books approved
> > >
> > > The best way to see the latest books is to use
> the
> > links on Jake's
> > > website.
> > > He has one for books in English and one for
> books
> > in Spanish because it
> > > isn't possible to run the querry for both due to
> > the way the code for
> > > Bookshare's Advanced Search is written. This
> > method doesn't provide
> > > publication dates for books, but it allows you
> to
> > go back as far as you
> > > need
> > > to find books you recognize, and since it is a
> > querry to the database it
> > > is
> > > always current. Also, once you've pulled up the
> > page for listing the
> > > latest
> > > books, you can bookmark it so that you don't
> have
> > to go back to Jake's
> > > site
> > > or access it through one of the e-mails that
> > contains the link. Here's
> > > the
> > > URL for the latest books in English:
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByAdvancedSearch.html?titlestring=&authors
> > >
> >
>
tring=&sort=4&language=en&quality=0&category%5B%5D=0&operation=submit&submit
> > > =Search
> > >
> > > There's also another website where you are
> > supposed to be able to list
> > > books
> > > approved between two specified dates. I say
> > supposed to be able because I
> > > get an Internal Server Error half the time when
> I
> > use it. In the past, I
> > > seemed to get the best results when I limited my
> > range to insure that the
> > > list was fairly small. However, I haven't used
> it
> > since Jake figured out
> > > the querry that the code for Advanced Search
> > supports to list books in
> > > reverse publication order. This site also
> appears
> > to be maintained by a
> > > volunteer, and according to the site, the
> database
> > hasn't been updated
> > > since
> > > March 25, 2006. No, the reason it hasn't been
> > updated since then isn't
> > > because no books have been approved. There were
> > books approved earlier
> > > this
> > > month before Gustavo went on vacation. Here's
> the
> > URL for that site if
> > > you
> > > wish to try it:
> > >
> > >
> >
>
http://s89900740.onlinehome.us/bks/q.cgi?startmonth=1&startday=1&startyear=2
> > >
> >
>
006&endmonth=4&endday=25&endyear=2005&Get+Information=Get+Information
> > >
> > > HTH
> > >
> > > Gerald
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Kaitlyn
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:09 PM
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] When books are
> approved?
> > >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > When books are finally approved from the admin
> > queue do they then appear
> > > at
> > > the top of the new books list???
> > >
> > > Also a question I asked a while ago and don't
> > remember seeing a response
> > > to.
> > > IS there a way to search for books by release
> > date? For example. All books
> > > release since 03/01/2006?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Katie Hill
> > > You can learn a lot if you are humble enough to
> > listen.
> > > Lynn Lewis Warren
> > > Email: Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of E.
> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:14 AM
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare's
> purpose
> > >
> > > She would have no way of knowing that since
> Elect
> > Mr. Robinson for A
> > > Better
> > > World appears as the last entry. Perhaps
> > electing him would be a good
> > > idea.
> > >
> > > E.
> > > At 11:46 AM 4/25/2006, you wrote:
> > >
> > >>Tracy,
> > >>
> > >>There's already been 25 to 30 books approved
> this
> > morning.
> > >>
> > >>Gerald
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>-----Original Message-----
> > >>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> > >>Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:33 AM
> > >>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare's purpose
> > >>
> > >>I've always thought that Bookshare's purpose
> was,
> > duh, to share books.
> > >>That sharing is done by putting books on the
> > website, where users can get
> > >>at them. As I and others have said, repeatedly,
> > that is not happening
> > >>now, and hasn't happend for well over a month,
> and
> > no one will say when it
> > >>will start happening again. I begin to wonder
> if
> > Bookshare's purpose has
> > >>changed. Maybe fundraising is now the main
> > purpose--I've seen it happen
> > >>in other non-profits, some of them near and dear
> > to my heart.
> > >>If the purpose is still to actually share books,
> > then why can't someone,
> > >>any trusted employee, start approving books
> again?
> > Why can't anyone at
> > >>least tell us when the process might start up
> > again? Am I wasting my
> > >>precious time, validating books that no one will
> > ever see?
> > >>Tracy
> > >>
> > >>
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