[bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List

  • From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 03:51:02 -0700

Deranged perfectionist, you say?  I know the feeling.  The first book I 
validated, I read right through it - I would have done so anyway, as it was 
part of a series that I wanted to continue - and corrected every error I could. 
 But, alas, I am not a professional proofreader, so when the book is approved 
and put in the collection, what to my amazement should appear a typo in the 
long synopsis for all to see!  It wasn't my error, as I hadn't scanned the 
book, but I had read the dust jacket info from which the synopsis was taken, 
and thought I had fixed everything.  I could have screamed.  I think I actually 
might have, I don't remember for sure now, but I wouldn't be surprised if I 
actually did.

Life is hard for perfectionists.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Carrie Karnos 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 4:42 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List


  Gerald's correct.  Being an extremely deranged perfectionist :-), I try to 
make all the books I validate perfect before I upload them. There are some 
exceptions but the vast majority are as perfect as I can get them, so naturally 
the Bookshare staff asked if I would validate the New York Times books by 
myself.  I consider it a major victory that I got them to agree to NOT replace 
excellent New York Times books that are already in the collection.  They really 
really want those books to be very high quality.

  Carrie

  Gerald Hovas <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
    Carrie's been scanning, submitting, and validating them.  Bookshare wants 
these books to be extremely high quality, so they're being handled in-house.
     
    HTH
     
    Gerald

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    From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell
    Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 3:22 PM
    To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
     
    I don't believe those N>Y> Times books are validated.
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: siss52 
      To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 1:16 PM
      Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
       
       
      Hi Carrie,
       
      You do so much.  It seems Gustavo shouold allow you to put the NYT 
bestsellers on the Step 1 page so you could get help validating them.  
       
      Sue S.
       
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Carrie Karnos 
      To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 2:01 PM
      Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: NY Times Best Seller List
       
      I've scanned and OCRed the March NY Times bestsellers, but I need the IT 
guy to install WinZip on the new computer in the volunteer office so I can 
email the books home and work on them there.  Sorry, it'll be another week or 
two before they show up.  Then I'll have to think about May (can you tell I'm 
getting behind on this? I'll try to catch up in the next few weeks!)
       
      Carrie

      Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
        On the New York Times link it says it includes books through March but 
no 
        books are listed on the site; only those through February. Can Carrie 
tell 
        us if any books from March have been added?
        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: "Nancy M Hill" 
        To: 
        Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 7:22 AM
        Subject: [bksvol-discuss] NY Times Best Seller List


        > When are the new bestsellers of each month added to the NY Times 
        > Bestseller List?
        >
        > If there happened to be a month where there were no changes would 
there be 
        > some sort of indication in place that would let us know?
        >
        > Would it be possible to add a type of pending file where we could 
look and 
        > see which books were to be added to subsequent months; something like 
        > March: then just list the name and author of the book; May, listing 
the 
        > same, etc? Then When the month is added to the actual downloadable 
list, 
        > remove the month from the 'pending' file.
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