[bksvol-discuss] Re: book approval?

  • From: "Natalie" <nataliesgroups@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 23:02:45 -0500

Hi, when you validate, you don't get any sort of notice.  I just know because I 
either see it on the new books page, or I look at my credits.  If you are 
talking about the submission of a book you have scanned, you get a notice I 
think.
Natalie
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tina Birnenbaum 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:08 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] book approval?


  Hi. For people who've had books approved, are you notified by e-mail or do 
you just have to look on the pages to see? I've only had one book approved that 
I've tried validating and camn't remember how I saw it I think just on the new 
book page. Just curious how others find that out.
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Gerald Hovas 
    To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:46 PM
    Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books - some 
category info 


    Lissi,

    I don't know when Bookshare hit 23,000, but Gustavo sent a notice on June 
14 that Bookshare had reached 22,500, and there was a big announcement on the 
website back in January when Bookshare reach 20,000.  1000 books by the end of 
the year should be easy since, from what I've noticed,  Gustavo approves around 
400 to 500 books a month, and we have three months left in 2005.  Things will 
probably slow down around Thanksgiving and probably come to a crawl in mid to 
late December, but I still think we'll reach 25,000 by the end of the year with 
no problem.

    It will be interesting to see when we do reach 25,000.

    Gerald

    P.S. Here's Gustavo's notice from back in June.


    -----Original Message-----
    From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Gustavo Galindo
    Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:05 AM
    To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare.org now has over 22,500 books


    gentlepeople,



    thanks to a night of very little sleep (i blame the hot weather), i 
approved a mess of books last night/this morning. we have surpassed the 22,500 
live books mark that we were aiming for by the start of the summer conventions 
the first week of July.



    we've met that goal a few weeks ahead of schedule, it seems!



    thanks for your hard work, your fun in sharing your passions for books, and 
for your participation in this awesome community.



    so, what's our next goal?



    gustavo





    -----Original Message-----
    From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
    Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:11 PM
    To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books - some 
category info 


    Dear Janice and Gerald,

    It's inspiring to be updated on the number of books in the collection. A 
thousand books before 2006 sounds like a tall order. Would any of you who enjoy 
statistics and are good at research be willing to find out how long it took to 
add the previous thousand titles, as in going from 23 to 24 thousand books? 

    Thanks, Gerald, for the good news that we've reached 24 thousand.

    Janice, I loved your post listing the number of books in the various 
categories. I love contemplating numbers, comparing categories and being happy 
that some of my favorites are well stocked. I'll be referring to your list from 
time to time. Thank you again for compiling and sending it. 

    Always With Love,

    Lissi
      ----- Original Message ----- 
      From: Janice Carter 
      To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
      Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:32 PM
      Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books - some 
category info 


      This will give you a rough idea of books in the collection by category....



      Bookshare.org Books by Categories



      
Animals...............................................................................................................................................
 757

      Art and 
Architecture...........................................................................................................................
 98

      Biographies and 
Memoirs...........................................................................................................
 1,649

      Business and 
Finance.....................................................................................................................
 294

      Children's 
Books...........................................................................................................................
 2,478

      Computers and 
Internet..................................................................................................................
 775

      Cooking, Food and 
Wine...............................................................................................................
 161

      
Disability-Related..............................................................................................................................
 547

      
Entertainment....................................................................................................................................
 246

      Gay and 
Lesbian..............................................................................................................................
 523

      Health, Mind and 
Body....................................................................................................................
 686

      
History.............................................................................................................................................
 2,545

      Home and 
Garden..............................................................................................................................
 56

      
Horror.................................................................................................................................................
 314

      Literature and 
Fiction...................................................................................................................
 9,073

      
Military................................................................................................................................................
 483

      Mystery and 
Thrillers....................................................................................................................
 3,446

      
Nonfiction.......................................................................................................................................
 5,446

      Outdoors and 
Nature.......................................................................................................................
 293

      Parenting and 
Family......................................................................................................................
 369

      
Poetry.................................................................................................................................................
 343

      Professional and 
Technical............................................................................................................
 366

      
Reference..........................................................................................................................................
 416

      Religion and 
Spirituality...............................................................................................................
 1,268

      
Romance........................................................................................................................................
 1,572

      
Science..............................................................................................................................................
 470

      Science Fiction and 
Fantasy.....................................................................................................
 3,665

      
Self-Help.............................................................................................................................................
 516

      
Sports.................................................................................................................................................
 163

      
Teens..................................................................................................................................................
 867

      Textbooks and Educational 
Materials...........................................................................................
 950

      
Travel..................................................................................................................................................
 173

      
Westerns............................................................................................................................................
 262





      Janice

      -----Original Message-----
      From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Petraccaro
      Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:48 PM
      To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
      Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books



      What are the percentages in the various categories?

      Does anybody know?



        ----- Original Message ----- 

        From: Gerald Hovas 

        To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

        Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:54 PM

        Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare reaches 24,000 Books



        Gustavo doesn't show it on Bookshare's home page yet, but I happened to 
do a
        couple of searches using the Advanced Search page  earlier and found 
that
        the collection has 23,774 books in English and 274 books in Spanish.  
That's
        a total of 24,048 books in the collection.  That leabes three and a half
        months to break the goal of 25,000 by the end of the year.

        Gerald

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