[bksvol-discuss] Re: User Credits for Renewing a Bookshare.org Subscription

Thanks, Gustavo, for the info. I know, and did say,
that the person who lacks 13 books--it's in large part
her fault for not getting them in on time, but since
the subject came up, I thought I'd use her as an
example. It really is too bad that I can't give my
credits to people who might be able to use them, but
Jesse explained to me a long time ago how impossible
that would be to arrange.

There are so many things we'd like you to do, e.g.,
updating the Wish List, approving books, etc.--that I
can imagine your Friday will be quite busy. smile  Is
there any chance the Marissa/Jesse/Gustavo/Rui list
will be updated soon? (she asked cringing and ducking
so the large bottle of whatever wouldn't it her).

Cindy


--- Gustavo Galindo <Gustavo.G@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Gentlepeople,
> 
>  
> 
> Hello, this is a response to Cindy's email this
> morning about user
> credits; my apologies to the list for the delay in
> replying; we're still
> trying to climb out of the backlog of work from
> being out at conferences
> so long.
> 
>  
> 
> We're a bit behind on book approvals as well; even
> though i approved
> over 40 late yesterday evening, we still have over
> 300 books in the
> administrator queue. Believe me, i wish the number
> was indeed a lot
> smaller. i'm getting to that backlog as quickly as i
> can, and spending a
> Wednesday evening approving 40 books from home is
> not my idea a rousing
> good time, but i did want and need to make a dent in
> my adminstrator
> approval backlog. How can the volunteers help with
> this backlog, most of
> you are asking? Easy: two things: One is your
> patience. We get to the
> books and to your inquiries as soon as we can. Two
> is your help so that
> when a book gets to me it's actually ready for my
> approval. The more i
> spend on one book trying to resolve issues about its
> copy-right, its DRM
> compliance; its validity, or it's quality compared
> to previously
> published copies is time taken away from other books
> i could review and
> approve.
> 
>  
> 
> So, on to user credits and Bookshare.org. A user
> earns credits for each
> book that gets published. Each book that a user
> submits and that we
> publish generates $2.50 (two dollars and fifty
> cents) credit for the
> submitter when the book gets published on the
> Bookshare.org website.
> Each book that a volunteer validates generates $.50
> (fifty cents) in
> credit when the book gets published on the
> Bookshare.org website.
> 
>  
> 
> We make no guarantees whatsoever as to when we will
> approve a book;
> unfortunately, we just can't. We never have. We
> strive to make books
> available to our subscribers as soon as we can. i do
> not typically
> approve books based on the identity of the submitter
> or validator, so
> there's no relationship between that and the user's
> credit amount.
> However, users who need to have one or two more
> books published to take
> their user credits to the magic number of $50.00
> have and do send me
> email with info on their books that are in my
> administrator queue; i'm
> happy to focus effort to those titles first the next
> time i have a few
> minutes to get into the book approval mode, as some
> of you can attest.
> But i must admit that if a user has 13 books
> scattered throughout the
> various stages of the submission process is going to
> be tougher to sort
> out; it just is.
> 
>  
> 
> Every month when we recap subscription activity, we
> take great joy in
> figuring out the number of people who have paid for
> their renewals
> completely through sweat equity. For the last month
> that i've compiled
> data, which is February of 2006, 6 of your cohorts
> paid for their
> renewals in this manner. Yes, i said "paid"; i
> firmly believe that your
> contributions have tremendous value. That this is
> not only possible but
> also achievable is something we should all be proud
> of. Bookshare.org
> definitely works as an example of a collaborative
> community effort.
> 
>  
> 
> If any of you have additional questions about
> Bookshare.org's user
> credit options, please feel free to voice them on
> the discussion list.
> i'm happy to make sure everybody's informed. If you
> have specific
> questions about your credits or your book
> submissions, please write to
> me offline. if you have questions as to why the
> volunteer home page or
> the wish list page have not been updated yet,
> they're on my to-dos for
> this Friday.
> 
>  
> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
>  
> 
> gustavo galindo
> 
> Manager, Bookshare.org Website
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 


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