[bksvol-discuss] Re: Nuking Fair submissions
- From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 11:16:22 -0800
Hi Mary,
Your sense of how books get approved for final publishing is definitely
correct. Occasionally, if we get a special request along the lines of,
"my life will be over if I don't have this book for a class," we will
also push the book through more quickly.
The validation cue is much more driven by what people want to read and
handle.
Marissa
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mary Otten
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Nuking Fair submissions
Hi Sue,
No, I don't think its a matter of favoritism. If you submit a book and
post about it to the list, attention is drawn to it, and somebody's
likely to grab it. And there are also people who go looking through to
see if new
submissions have been posted, and if they see a new one that looks
interesting, they might grab that. I think there have been occasions
when a validated book has been pushed to the head of the line for the
admin
to accept, as happens when a particularly hot book, such as Harry
Potter, is scanned by in house volunteers. I think the "my Life" book by
ex-President Clinton is another such example.
Other than examples like that, I believe the books get approved by the
admin on a first in first out basis. If that's wrong, I'd love to get
the corrected version from the powers that be at BookShare hq.
mary
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