[bookshare-discuss] Re: Do these books get read before being submitted?
- From: "J.M." <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:32:15 -0700
Hi, Cindy. One slight correction: The release option is always there. The
renew option isn't always available unless you're about to run out of time
on a book, but the release option is always there, six seconds or six days
after you download the book. *smile* Take care.
Julie Morales
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 3:13 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Do these books get read before being
submitted?
Boomerdad,
I'm really surprised that those books got into the
collection. Or did you download them from the
download-for-validation list?
The procedure is as follows: books are scanned, then
submitted. Then they go on the download list to be
validated. This means that someone checks it minimally
for pagination, extraneous scanning garbage, proper
copyright info, maybe does a spell-check -- Or some of
us do a more careful reading and really fix it up,
make the quality excellent. The the bookis uploaded
into the collection.
Sometimes books get into the collection in pretty bad
shape -- especially before the added effort took hold.
Books in the collection and, for that matter, on the
download list are rated Excellent, Good or Fair. I've
just downloaded for validation two books rated Fair,
because I have the time and patience (my kids are
grown, I'm retired, I hate housework and any excuse
not to do it is a good one, and my husband is
understanding -- and I'm sighted so I can compare the
file to the actual book and see where the fractured
sentences are supposed to go). But some books from the
collection have had to be rescanned to fixed by people
who downloaded them and then are submitting them as
replacement copies.
Some people do nothing after scanning -- they quickly
scan the book and submit it. We (a number of people of
people) are trying to get scanners to at least check
to be sure all the pages are present and to do some
rough cleaning-up -- spell check and eliminate
garbage.
If the Stephen King books you mentioned are from the
download-for-validation list, release them and
probably someone will make them better (I'll do it
myself, if no one else does, when I finish with the
two books I have). You do this by going to Upload (6
or7 days after you've downloaded); you'll see 3
options: Upload, Renew or Release. You click on
release, and the original will be back for validating.
If the books youre talking about are from the
collection, you should write to Jesse
(Jesse.F@xxxxxxxxxxxx) and tell him (though he's
probably read your post) how bad they are and that
they should be pulled. Either he'll send them to
someone to be fixed or he'll just pull them and
someone will have to rescan them (which you could do
if you wanted, and have a scanner, and earn $2.50 per
book toward your membership if you are a member and
also a volunteer).
Cindy
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