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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