Must have been selective approval, then, Judy. I never had one take more than
a month, and I keep track, too. However, once in a blue moon I have gone 2
months without submitting a completed book, but never 4 months in my records.
Having said that, two years ago in April Doug was in ICU for 6 weeks, so it was
one of my droughts. Everything got longer after Carrie retired.
Valerie
On Mar 21, 2016, at 9:12 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Um, not really. Two years ago in April approvals were 4 months behind and
there were hundreds of books waiting to be approved. As much as they've
slowed down with Madeleine leaving, most books are still getting approved
within a couple of weeks.
For what it's worth.
And yes, I keep track of this stuff because I keep a spreadsheet that I
update with the date when I submit a book, and then again when it's approved.
grin.
Judy s.
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On 3/21/2016 8:58 PM, Valerie Maples wrote:
All I can say is I have been in touch with Madeleine and she has been gone
since the day she announced she would be gone. Approvals are slower than I
have ever seen them in my something like 7 years, for what its’s worth and
with all the engineering changes unfortunately at the same time, I am not
surprised…
Valerie
On Mar 21, 2016, at 8:50 PM, Roger Loran Bailey (Redacted sender
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Speaking of books languishing on the approval queue, and I am copying this
to the volunteer email address so that I can be sure to get an answer from
someone who might actually know the answer, a strange thing happened to one
of my scans. Quite some time back I submitted The Assassination of Malcolm
X. A proofreader eventually took it and apparently I left him with more
problems in it than I thought. He uploaded it a number of times and
Madeleine kept bouncing it back to the checkout list with a hold on it for
him asking that various problems be corrected. Finally, he had one little
problem to correct and he did it fairly quickly and uploaded it again.
However, after he uploaded it that last time it was after Madeleine left
us. Then in a day or so it appeared on the approval queue with a hold for
Madeleine followed by a hold for the proofreader followed by the title and
it has been sitting there since. First, I am a bit curious about how it
could be held for Madeleine after she left Bookshare. I am wondering if she
stuck around a bit longer than she said that she would to tie up some work
she was in the middle of. Second, I am kind of wondering if my book is
sitting on the approval queue with a hold on it for someone who will never
be around to approve it. I forget how long it has been waiting, but it has
been since shortly after Madeleine left us. Does anyone have any ideas?
