Wouldn't that be a bit like a catch-22? If they raised her credit amount,
as Cindy is sighted, she still wouldn't be able to do anything with it.
Dave
At 04:01 AM 5/23/2005, you wrote:
It seems that Cindy should get paid more for doing all those Caldecott descriptions and others she has done... In some cases the descriptions MAKE the books.
Sue S.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlene" <caota@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 2:21 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Download Stats
You're probably right about figuring out how to determine those sorts of things. You've got a good idea, though, about giving validators more credit when they take time to clean up some of the books that are poorly scanned.
Charlene
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Julie Morales Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 7:10 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Download Stats
Hi, Charlene. This is a good idea in theory, but I'd be interested to know how they'd work it out. No matter how they do it, there are going to be people who don't believe they get enough credit for what they do. I think the least they could do is, if a validator takes a poorly-scanned book off the Downloads page and makes it into a good-quality book, they definitely should get more than 50 cents. I don't think many, if any, people would argue that, but I think it would be hard to decide: Did a submitter really spend a lot of time cleaning up a book before they submitted it, or did it just scan well? Take care. Julie Morales inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: mercy0421 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlene" <caota@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:02 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Download Stats
For whatever it's worth, when I was at the NFB convention last summer and saw Jim Frukterman (big appologies for misspelling the last name!!!) I asked him if it would be possible to consider increasing the amount of credit given to people who make the effort to clean up their books before sobmitting them. I've spent heaven knows how many hours cleaning up books, and if anyone's scanned cookbooks, you know the time involved! (smile!) It's all about what a person's motivation is. Jim said this was at least something to thik about. And I haven't seen or heard anything regarding different levels of credit since.
Charlene
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:09 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Download Stats
But then, Mike, perhaps they (i,e, those people who scan for themselves and don't fix them before submission) shouldn't submit them. They get $2.50 credit toward their membership, and the work, or lack of it they do, isn't worth it --whereas if anyone bothers to validate those books and fix them, that person only gets 50 cents credit and does much more work. I don't know whether, if a person's submission is rejected, that person still gets the credit for the submission or not. In some cases, the book may not be rejected for quite some time, so I suspect it would be hard to take away the credit. It seems to me that if a person is scanning books for his/her own pleasure reading and doesn't care about making it at least minimally readable for other people he/she shouldn't submit the book.
Cindy
> (2) Many people scan books for themselves for their > own reading as a > primary intent. Submitting it to BookShare is a > secondary intent. > Hence, the person doesn't wish to devote > extra time or effort in preparing the book > and BookShare receives it "as is." ... > > Both are valid approaches to scanning and > sub hence, we > shouldn't fault submitters for material submitted > prepared for their own > use that they wish to share (hence the name > BookShare). >... > And with literally hundreds of romance novels > published monthly, and if > someone wanted to read many of them for themselves, > I can understand > why they'd take the fast unchecked approach to > scanning them for > themselves. > > > > >
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