[bksvol-discuss] Re: Methods For Listing New Books
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:05:29 -0500
Grace, how does one mark the place on Jake's site. What I mean is, the
instructions say to login to bookshare.org for some of the links to work. I
picked out The House, by Danielle Steel, for example. Now how would I go
about logging in to bookshare.org so that I would be able to get this book
quickly and then return to Jake's Home without logging out of Bookshare??
Thanks.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:38 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Methods For Listing New Books
> 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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