[bksvol-discuss] Re: Am I wasting my time on this one?
- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 19:30:25 -0500
Hi Denise. If the book you have has errors in it, I think the history may
not be stating things accurately. Sometimes the history of a book can be a
little confusing. You may want to write to volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to ask
about the history of your book. One of the staff members can look up the
details and let you know what's going on. Btw, the submitter can't proofread
his/her own book, so I don't think the submitter is actually generating that
history. Sometimes people will take a book, decide they don't want to work
on it for any number of reasons, and they release it back to the pool of
books. Sometimes it's due to missing pages. Sometimes the proofreader has
work or family obligations that keep him/her from finishing the book.
Occasionally a volunteer just isn't interested in the book and puts it back.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Denise Wagner
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:17 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Am I wasting my time on this one?
Hi all,
I checked out a book a few days ago and have been finding some errors and
happily fixing them -- moving right along proud of myself.
A few minutes ago I was just "surfing around" the Bookshare site and
stumbled upon the "In Processing" link and see the book I am working on.
So, for "ha ha's" I decide to click on the history link just to see what it
has to say (I'm a newbie -- all kinds of things to learn!)
So, in that section I see that this same book has been checked out and
released numerous times and the person returning it to checkout is doing so
because the submitter didn't submit properly and the content itself doesn't
actually need to be proofread.
So. Am I wasting my time? I'm finding and fixing errors (words missing,
misspelled, removing headers, etc.) but should I be moving on since it seems
as though this book is destined to be returned again and again? I don't
know if the submitter is aware of his/her error? Are my fixes all for
naught?
Thanks for any insight!
Denise
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