I would like to see a list generated where "old book" is defined as a book
which has been on step 1 for six months or a year. Either seem more
realistic than three months though I understand that three months is more
realistic than list of books on the list for shorter periods.
I also wonder if some of the "old books" which linger and linger are
because the books have inherent issues which are difficult for someone to
solve. Such issues include poor quality. I do wish bookshare would
prohibit book submissions of the lowest quality now allowed. Such sloppy
submits just makes for lots of work by validators. Given the technology
out today, we just need to raise the bar for submit quality.
I also want to comment on the practice of taking a book and holding it for
long periods only to release it back to step 1. I think in some cases this
happens because the book is of quality poor enough to completely frustrate
the validator and yet the validator does not have the nerve to reject the
book. In other cases, I am at a loss to explain it except I know things
come up. I do not mind that. Here is my example of the issue though.
was on the list since November of 2004. I grabged it. Fixing it up with
k1000 does not seem to be much of an issue. It was held for much of that
period by the same person who repeatedly renewed it. This kind of thing
keeps the step 1 list loaded with sort of secret old books. For instance,
what really IS the issue with King Bongo A Novel? The Doomsday Marshal and
the Hanging Judge? Please let's keep talking about old books on the list
in specific terms for we can get rid of them on step 1. (grin)
E.
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