[bksvol-discuss] Re: Methods For Listing New Books
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:41:02 -0500
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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