[bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 May 2010 20:49:27 -0700
Hi, Evan, I take your point. I expect any book that has recipes, tables,
pictures, sidebars, footnotes, and not just straight text would be a real
challenge. I hope you are recognized for your hard work and carefulness.
Regards, Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 1:30 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion
That may be true of many children's books, but as someone who has scanned a
couple hundred of them, a great many kid's books can be bears to scan. It's
easier to scan 300 pages of straight text than a fifty page children's book
with illustrations on every page with text above and/or below them, or on
the left and right sides. Those take quite a bit of work to get into decent
shape, and many children's books are like that. So I'm not so sure that
scanning and proofing kid's books should get less credit than fiction books
for adults. They often take more work than books for adults several times
their size; and I haven't even mentioned picture descriptions, if the
submitter or proofreader takes the time to describe them. Many children's
books aren't much good without them.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Denise Thompson <mailto:deniset@xxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 1:49 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion
Well, when it comes down to it, there is also a big difference in scanning
and proofing childrens books than doing fiction books. Most childrens' books
are less than 50 pages. Some a lot less. That takes a whole lot less time
than average novels of 200 plus pages. Personally I think there should be a
different credit amount for kids books verses adult books also.
It seems that once we start down that slope, though it starts getting very
complicated and more difficult for book share to track. And the credits are
a tocon anyway. It doesn't have any reference to actual hours spent, etc.
Each of us can scan or proof the same book and it takes us different time
amounts depending on equipment, software and skill- whether you have sight
or not, etc. It's hard to know where the cut-offs should be if we start
assigning differing amounts of credits for different categories of books.
Denise
At 02:51 AM 5/6/2010, you wrote:
I was talking to another BookShare member and I was saying I think
nonfiction books should be worth more credits to the validator/submitter.
For one, they tend to be longer. For another, they often contain charts,
diagrams, section headings, indices, etc. Many special features that need
special handling. Thirdly, they are more difficult to obtain short of
purchasing your own copy. I think people don't touch them immediately
because of the time-consuming nature of validating them. Just a thought.
Andromache
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