[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: A book you have recently uploaded requires further editing
- From: Cindy Reece <cindyreece524@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 12:00:20 -0500
I had a book I validated rejected. I was SHOCKED! Then I realized I had
returned the original file instead of the fixed one. Red Face! I know rejection
seems personal, but as Evan indicates - our work may be volunteer, but some are
paying for this service and expect our best.
Cindy Reece
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 12:15:54 -0500From: mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: A book you have recently uploaded requires further
editingTo: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's not Bookshare's expectations that are high, it is the expectations of the
paying members. According to its founder, the biggest complaint people have
about Bookshare is poor book quality. Good enough to read is not good enough
anymore. And I for one am very thankful for that.
I wasn't aware that Carrie was checking books as carefully as she apparently is
these days. I'm glad to see it.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Kelly Ford
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 9:06 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: A book you have recently uploaded requires
further editing
I guess my point here is that this e-mail isn't clear enough on next steps.
From the e-mail Ihave no idea if I'm supposed to resubmit the entire book and
if so what happens to the existing copy.
All that said, I do not have the original book any longer and do not have the
time to make edits. I read the book the way it was and it was good enough for
me to read. If someone else is interested in fixing these items feel free. I
say that not to indicate that quality books are not important to me but more a
reflection of the time I'm able/willing to invest. I fear Bookshare's
expectations have become to high at times and if I'm going to invest that level
of energy I'd rather do it convincing more publishers to give etext directly
versus fixing something that exists someplace in electronic format already.
Thanks for the further explanation.
Kelly
From: Carrie Karnos [mailto:ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008
10:10 PMTo: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: [bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: A
book you have recently uploaded requires further editing
What are you supposed to do here? I stated in the email:Please delete duplicate
pages 102-103 and 264-265. There are a lot ofwords that have run together (as
an example: "Life isn't taking some trustWand figuring out how to spend it.You
work.You contribute.That'si."), whichalso has some scannos. Please separate the
words that have run together too.I'm not going to fix up your book. I simply
make one last look before putting the book into the collection. Even if I
wanted to fix up your book, if there were only a few minor errors, I couldn't.
If I make changes, if I save the file, it's thrown away. The only file I can
approve to go into the collection is the validator's copy. A year ago, I asked
Engineering for the ability to make changes to the validator's file and save
the changed file into the collection. They haven't added that capability in. It
may or may not be in the new website. I'll find out soon.In your book, there
are way too many scannos and words run together to fix in a short time, so
personally I think that rescanning the whole book would be faster. But the
choice of fixing it up or rescanning is up to you. Both the submitter and the
validator have a responsibility to clean up the book as much as possible.
Neither did. I returned the book to the download list so you could clean it up.
If you don't want to clean it up, download it and reject it, which puts it in
the rejection queue. I'll remove it from the system, no problem.Carrie
From: Kelly Ford <kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxx>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
Sunday, December 7, 2008 9:26:31 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] FW: A book you
have recently uploaded requires further editingWhat am I supposed to do here?
Am I supposed to reupload the book or what.And if someone made these comments,
why didn't that person just do what theyare asking me to do? -----Original
Message-----From: support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent:
Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:56 PMTo: kelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: A book you have
recently uploaded requires further editingDear Kelly,This email is
automatically generated by Bookshare.org. We are contactingyou because a book,
(#53985) of American Outrage by Tim Green has beenmarked for more editing
before publication on Bookshare.org. Comments explaining the reason for more
editing have been included in thisemail. We invite you to contact
volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if you need moreinformation regarding this submission.
We appreciate the time you spendcontributing to Bookshare.org, and look forward
to continuing to build thecollection together.Below are some of the specific
reasons for the request for further editingof this submission:* Please delete
duplicate pages 102-103 and 264-265. There are a lot ofwords that have run
together (as an example: "Life isn't taking some trustWand figuring out how to
spend it.You work.You contribute.That'si."), whichalso has some scannos. Please
separate the words that have run together too.To unsubscribe from this list
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