[bksvol-discuss] Re: quality report or BSO?
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:34:23 -0600
Dear Evan, Mayrie, Cindy and all the others responding;
I think in each case I feel strongly that I can add or improve something else
that might still be overlooked, such as the presentation of the poems, so
knowing that is an appropriate use of BSO, I think that is the route I will go.
These are al books I own and will then donate to others or our library so they
can have more love and use by more readers after I am done.
Thanks everyone for being a good sounding board!
Valerie
On Feb 18, 2010, at 11:13 AM, EVAN REESE wrote:
> Hi Valerie,
>
> I strongly agree with what Mayrie says below, most especially if you plan on
> reading the book before you submit it. After seeing a few examples, I can
> definitively say that the books produced by outsourcers that I have read were
> not read through before being added to the collection. They may be well
> scanned and spell checked, but a scan that has been read through will always
> be of better quality than a book that hasn't been, no matter how good the
> scan or how thorough the spell check.
>
> So while what Roger says about books being replaced fairly quickly after
> submitting a quality report may be true, if it is done by one of the
> outsourcers, the replacement is not going to be as good as a BSO that has
> actually been read through.
>
> And, as I said before, if you think the book needs picture descriptions, all
> the more reason to do the BSO yourself if you want to ensure that it is of
> the highest quality.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 11:33 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: quality report or BSO?
>
>
>> Hi Valerie,
>>
>> Absolutely, you can submit BSO's on books if you have the means to improve
>> them! I don't see why you couldn't do that.
>>
>> Mayrie
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 6:55 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] quality report or BSO?
>>
>> I have books on hand that I want to see if they are in the collection and
>> their quality if they are already in the collection. Several I have checked
>> are early additions with a fair amount of spurious characters or books that
>> have a few issues, but would also benefit from picture descriptions. I am
>> able and interested in improving them after some other projects, is it okay
>> to do a BSO instead of filing a quality report?
>>
>> Also, Nichole was given a book of poetry that is in the collection, I think
>> it was a Newberry Award winner processed by one of the outsourcers, but the
>> poem titles are not identified, nor was verse form retained. Can that be
>> resubmitted as a BSO?
>>
>> Thanks for your patience with my wanting to improve quality of books for all
>> readers.
>>
>> Valerie
>>
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