Another response would be, we need more volunteers. I suspect that if everyone in the U.S. with a computer and scanner donated work on just two books a year, we would overwhelm the numbers the outsourcers are doing. Now, getting all those people to volunteer for bookshare would be a big task in itself, but then, I have been called an optimist before.
Misha My Nickels Worth wrote:
I'm sorry, but reading all this is sort of depressing!I enjoy my time volunteering for book share, and I don't like the idea of being replaced! I also can't say that the quality of the books done by machines, etc, is better then the ones done by the folks on this list or the ones who don't happen to be on it! that leads me to ask the question of what can those of us who volunteer still do, with all the things that are being done now, what with publisher quality books being submitted, books being bought and scanned in house, and all the other things cited in the below posts? I proof read when I have the time now, and really don't scan that many books, unless I am already having to scan one for school. Caitlyn
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