[bksvol-discuss] Re: Downloading good and fair books?
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 18:01:09 -0700 (PDT)
That's interesting, because I've noticed that when
I've uploaded books with lots of Biblical and
strange, as in Sci Fi-created names, before I put
Excellent into the rating, bookshare has already rated
it Excellent despite the names. Maybe that's because
the submitter already rated the book that way. The
books really did have few errors other than missing
page breaks.
I've also been amazed that the names in these books
have been correctly spelled. Either the submitter uses
a super scanner or has taken the time to check and
correct if necessary the spelling of the names.
Cindy
>
> >I discovered a couple of things today. Back in
> February, I
> >submitted a book called Happiness Is A Choice, and
> it was added to
> >the collection last month. It is rated as fair.
> However, the text
> >itself is quite readable. It uses a lot of
> Biblical names, proper
> >names, and abbreviations of books in the Bible.
> Since these words
> >are unknown to the Bookshare system, I wonder what
> the quality of
> >the text actually is. I have no way of knowing
> that, but I suspect
> >that the rating of good would be more appropriate.
>
>
> That got me poking around in the books rated as good
> and fair. I
> learned that quite a few of them are in the same
> boat as my
> submission. Of course, there are some books that
> are truly messed
> up. What I'm trying to point out though is that
> there may be quite a
> few books with a rating of good or fair that are
> actually better than
> their rating implies. If that's true, people who
> don't download good
> rated books could be missing out on something
> actually worth
> reading. I wonder how this rating system could be
> improved to be
> more accurate about a book's quality.
>
>
> Monica
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