[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ark books on download list
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:30:17 -0500
Thanks for those kind words, Monica. <smile>
Sue S.
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From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 7:28 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ark books on download list
Lori, I really appreciate the work you and Mike have done with the ark
files. I think what you're doing is great, and you deserve a big hug!
{{Lori}}
We do have several volunteers who can handle ark books, more than you
might think from the chatter on this list. I am wondering how
interested people will be in these books once they're in rtf. I do
think they need conversion because they have a better shot at finding
a validater. I'm just saying that we do have people that can open the
books right now and have chosen not to. I wonder if they're thinking
along the same lines as I am.
Some of the ark books don't have a submitter listed, and that's a
major strike for me in deciding whether I'll work on a book or not.
For me, it's not so much the format that's the issue since I can open
books in ark format. I just have no interest in reading the ark books
currently on step 1. Like Lori, I find a couple of them to be too
violent, and I know I can't just run the spellchecker and move on.
That wouldn't be fair to the submitter or to Bookshare readers.
Putting these negatives together, the costs outweigh the benefits to
me.
I used to take books out of guilt, forcing myself to read books I
actively disliked, wanting to be fair to the submitter. I don't now,
unless someone needs a book for a class or for work, because I found
myself getting burned out and very cranky with my family. Sue Stevens
helped me see why taking books out of guilt or obligation was a bad
thing. I didn't like reading them, so I took a long time. I also
didn't read every page or pay really close attention to catch tiny
scannos that a spellchecker would miss. She showed me how much better
I could be if I would focus on books in which I have an interest
because I will naturally read every word on every page. I used to see
her point of view as a cop-out. I was upset that people weren't doing
their share of what I thought were boring books... until I noticed how
much better I was at working on mysteries than on the sociology book I
was struggling through. I did better work, in less time, and stayed in
a good mood. Sue won that argument hands down. (smile) I'm sure glad
she was willing to speak up back then, or I'd probably still be
dragging through validating something boring and seeing volunteering
as mind-numbing work.
--
Monica Willyard
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