No if we only could get Gustavo to do that with the administrator's queue. smile Cindy --- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Since this thread began a day or so back, I've been > astounded by the fact that nobody has put forth the > incredible idea of ... browsing the books from the > bottom of the page up. If the older books are in > fact at the bottom of the list, and there are some > who would like to get those languishing submissions > into the collection, then why not simply move to the > bottom of the page, and start working your way up. > Am I missing a fundamental concept or reason why > this method would not work? If the current problem > is that people only browse through the first few > dozen books, or even as many as a hundred titles, > then working from the opposite end of the list would > seemingly begin to solve the current issue of books > stagnating on step one. > > Scott > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: robert tweedy > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:51 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted > > > Why put the old books at the bottom instead of the > top? > For skype contact bobwichitaks > For msn contact info rt5117@xxxxxxx no emails. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Katie Star > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:07 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted > > > Heya Jake, > > > > I know Carrie does a lot for the list and I have > validated a couple of her scans. Both excellentJ > > > > I agree with what you are saying Jake. IF we > could get the list down to 200 to 250 it would make > browsing and selecting books to validate easier. Now > the newest books or the books that are put back on > step one are at the top. The first 100 get browsed > and selected while those at the bottom of the list > linger. > > > > But the nice thing is we keep growing the > collection and the admin queue is well under 100 > these daysJ > > > > I read/validated a book called the Little Ice > Age a while back and this morning on the bus had a > wonderful discussion with a former storm chaser and > meteorologist. > > > > > > Katie Hill > > Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but > in opposition to > > what we know of Nature. > > -St. Augustine > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Jake Brownell > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 3:52 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted > > > > AHH! Yikes, we want to shrink it though. *grin* > > > > It might be best to hold off on the bulk > scanning until we can get this list down to a > better, more manageable number like 250, rather than > the 430 it is now. > > > > That would have the added benefit of us working > on older books that have been around for a while, > and, if that is done, then the turn around time for > books overall should improve. > > > > Thoughts? Other ideas? > > > > Jake > > PS. In no way does this message want to say we > don't appreciate all you do for us Carrie! > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Carrie Karnos > > To: Bookshare Vol Group > > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 4:25 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] just submitted > > > > I managed to squeeze a few more books into the > download queue. They are: > > Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakras > System by Anodea Judith > Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth > You, Your Child and Drugs by the Child Study > Association > Baal by Robert R. McCammon > The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized > Technology by Erich Fromm > Inside, Outside by Herman Wouk > Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain by > Sheila Ostrander > The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by > Jacques P�pin > Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather > Topper: A Ribald Adventure by Thorne Smith > > A few days ago I submitted: > Zoya by Barbara Taylor Bradford > The Vital Spark: 101 Outstanding Lives by > Lowell Thomas > Legs by William Kennedy > > As usual, a wide variety of books. Carrie > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Want to be your own boss? 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