You come closer to understanding. The only reason I hoped she would release it was the comments address Susan and many idiosyncrasies. It is all on me; my missing the hold not in the submission and forgetting to have my email address in it. Like I said, I am sick and probably should have help off until I felt better and was paying better attention. Oh, well... Valerie > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 10:36 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: volunteer Lori Miller > > Still not sure that I'm following you completely here. But if I'm at > least > partially understanding what you're saying, then you need to put the > "Hold > for" or "Save for" in the title when you submit the book, not the file > name. > If the book doesn't have an ISBN, then you can put the "hold for" or > "Save > for" in the title when you fill it in. If the book does have an ISBN, > then > you can edit the already filled in title when the form comes up after > you > enter the ISBN. > > People may well ignore a "hold for" or "Save for" in a file name if the > book > title doesn't have those words ahead of it, figuring that either the > book > was being held for someone that decided not to take it, and it was > placed > back on the Check Out page with the "Hold for" or "Save for" removed. > That > happens sometimes. Or for whatever other reason, if a book does not > have a > "Hold for" or "Save for" in the title, then the book may well be > considered > by this person as available for anyone to proofread regardless of what > the > file name says. And if, as you say, entering the ISBN overwrites the > "Save > for" in the file name, then there is absolutely no way for anyone to > know > that a book was intended for a specific person, or that it ever might > have > been. > > Good luck. > > Evan > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 7:17 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: volunteer Lori Miller > > > > Hi, Evan! > > > > The first couple of books I uploaded did not have ISBN so it kept the > file > > saved name. Like I said, it was my bad; few of my books have had an > ISBN > > and I did not know it would replace the file name. Regardless, it > was my > > mistake, but this is a funky book and I want to make sure the person > who > > got > > it handles it right. If she had read the comments addressed to > Susan, I > > would think she might have released the book, so I am doubly afraid > she > > will > > not handle the idiosyncratic text correctly. Making matters worse, I > > forgot > > to put my email in there, again, my problem, but since I thought > Susan was > > getting it, it would not have mattered. > > > > I should not submit while I am sick, I guess... too easy to miss > simple > > things. > > > > Valerie > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss- > >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE > >> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 5:58 PM > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: volunteer Lori Miller > >> > >> Sorry, Valerie, but I don't understand what you're saying here. > >> > >> When you submit a book, you first upload the file, then enter the > ISBN, > >> then > >> the form comes up with the title, author and whatever other info is > >> available. It is at that point that you can enter the "Hold for ..." > >> ahead > >> of the title. I don't follow what you mean here about the ISBN > >> overwriting > >> the title. > >> > >> Just trying to figure out what happened. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Evan > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: "'Pavi Mehta'" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bksvol- > discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2009 4:50 PM > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] volunteer Lori Miller > >> > >> > >> >I need to reach Lori Miller. I submitted a scan for Susan L, but > >> >apparently > >> > I did not know the ISBN would overwrite the title name that had > hold > >> for > >> > Susan L in it. I forgot my email in the notes > >> > ( vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ) and there are a lot of "dangers" to > over > >> > correcting that Susan and I had privately emailed about. I need > to > >> be > >> > sure > >> > spell check is NOT run on this as the creative spellings, > misspells > >> and > >> > slang are all correct as present. I even opened the comments with > a > >> note > >> > to > >> > Susan specifically, but I guess it might have been overlooked. > >> > > >> > Lori, if you are on the list, please write me, and if not, Pavi, > can > >> you > >> > put > >> > her in touch with me? After the insane number of hours I spent on > >> > formatting, proofing and such, I would hate to see it accidentally > >> > mishandled. Sorry for the relative newby mistake! > >> > > >> > Thanks a bunch! > >> > Valerie > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get > a > >> list > >> > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the > subject > >> line. > >> > > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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