Shannon, I don't even feel guilty when I do it. I don't know the answer as to what might happen to such a book eventually, but I consider my time too valuable to suffer through validating a book that I wouldn't even want to see on the list. I wonder if it would be helpful if there were some way for a proofreader to state why a book was released. I do look at the book history before choosing one to validate which has helped me avoid having to release very many. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shannon Curry" <shannon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 9:08 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Validating books you hate
Hi, all, Not owning a scanner, I've been dipping into validating books. Thankfully, the ones I've picked so far have been good scans and generally easy to work with. However, recently I checked out a book that had been awaiting validation since early December. All was going well--the scan looked awesome and I was able to fix a few formatting issues. But I couldn't stand it. The writing was awful, the dialogue contrived, and after stopping and starting it three times, I finally gave up in despair and released it for someone else. Does anyone else ever have this problem? And now I have awful validator guilt. I mean, it's been up since early December, and the poor submitter probably really wants his/her credits since s/he worked really hard at scanning the book. So I guess my question is... how long do books sit unloved and unvalidated before someone from Bookshare does it or the system automatically rejects them? And am I the only one that suffers from this insane guilt? (OK... probably I am, but hey, what's the Internet for if not for airing our neuroses in public?) Shannon Who is off to find a book she will hopefully like more To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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