[bookshare-discuss] Re: Something is fishy at Bookshare

  • From: "Jamie Prater" <jdprater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:10:35 -0500

Hi, Monica, well said and thanks again for the explanations and info here. This is indeed quite exciting news. I'm happily anticipating the future books being added. I looked at the approval queue and it is indeed extremely impressive. There'll be many, many happy readers once these things are improved and made available to the collection. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> 

To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:42 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Something is fishy at Bookshare
Hi John. No, there haven't been cut-backs at Bookshare, In fact, the reverse 
is true. They're expanding and have some great new people on board both as
on-site staff and as off-site subcontractors. I think you'll be pleasantly
surprised to see the changes in the approval queue over the next few months. 
Books go to the approval queue from several sources including Bookshare's
new subcontractors as well as volunteer efforts. It's the place books go to 
be converted into daisy and Braille before they go into the Bookshare
collection. As the subcontractors ramp up to full production, this queue may 
get pretty big sometimes, especially if they upload batches of books at
night. Then it will shrink again as books are approved. Last week several of 
the Bookshare staff were out of the office, and the subcontractors also
uploaded a big pile of books to the approval queue. These events combined to create a queue that's bigger than usual. You'll see it shrink over the next week or so as the staff approves the books. Bookshare made a promise to add 
100,000 new books to the collection in a five-year period. They're making
some nice progress toward making that reality. (smile)

Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
-----Original Message-----
From: John Immarino [mailto:johni2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:29 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Something is fishy at Bookshare

Usually there only a dozen or so books awaiting administrative approval
after a proofreader has accepted them.  I checked this morning and there
are 523 books on the waiting list.  Has there been some major cutbacks
at Bookshare?
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