[bksvol-discuss] Re: Will place it here too!
- From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:20:39 -0800
Ok guys. I'm about to go for a run, but before I do. . .
I will say a few things:
1. Next Monday, one of the agenda items for our engineering and
operations meeting will be how to more aptly notify our validators if
their accepted books get put back on the download list for further
review.
2. Another agenda item will be the page break issue.
3. Angry rumblings about quitting volunteer work over these issues
are really not constructive. While this list is a place to vent your
concerns to your fellow volunteers, and while boisterous discussion is
always welcome, I'd like to focus the discussion on how we can properly
balance these issues of quality and genre. In other words, can we
redirect the tone of this exchange?
Have a pleasant evening.
Thanks,
Marissa
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 4:51 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Will place it here too!
I agree with you.
My frustration has to do with the page break issue which bookshare has
decided to incorporate. I recently had an RTF science fiction book which
did not have page numbers. The page breaks were only the ones which word
automatically puts in. There were a few spelling errors, but the scan
was excellent. I let the book release because I did not want to be the
one to reject such a beautiful scan.
I can agree with page breaks for nonfiction and text books. However,
with easy reading books, I have a problem with the new rules.
I love science fiction and fantasy books and would be happy to validate
them. However, I refuse to reject an excellent scan because it lacks
page numbers and page breaks if it is such type of book. Therefore,
whenever I grab a book like such and the only problem is lack of page
breaks, I will just be glad that at least I was able to read it.
Please reconsider this insane rule regarding light-reading books, or I
will be forced to reconsider whether it is worth my time to validate.
David
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Reggie &
Lonnie
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 1:38 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Will place it here too!
I am getting extremely sick and tired of all the nonsense. I validated
and uploaded 5 books last w3eekend. I have now found 3 of them back on
the download list and two have been grabbed by someone else. No
warning, no statement as to why! If my validation is going to continue
like this, I quit, quit, quit!!! I work hard and only have at night and
some weekends to do this stuff. The least that Bookshare could do is
send me a notice that the book is not good enough and that I should work
on it longer and re-upload. As you can tell I am really angry, angry,
angry!!! We do not get as validators the same amount, although we work
sometimes harder than the people who scan. We need all the money we can
make to make the scans better. Now, before I break my keyboard in
total, total anger, I will depart. If I am not doing a good job then I
will not be back on this list and I will not be re-joining BKS! I am
currently fixing a fair book so if it will be returned to the list when
I am finished could someone please let me know so I do not, not continue
to work hard on this!!! Thanks.
Regina Alvarado
P.S.: These books were rated excellent!
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