[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: RE: [bookshare-discuss] Re: wish list live

  • From: Elizabeth and Burton <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:04:06 -0400

Do you read this list regularly. From the silence, some of us just do not know.

E.
At 02:58 PM 10/12/2006, you wrote:
Hi Elizabeth,

Actually I was responding to a message which was sent to the discussion list, and didn't realize that I had replied to Cindy privately.



John Glass
Customer Support Manager, Bookshare

Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
 New direct line: +1 650 644-3403
(650) 475-1066 fax

john.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fwd: RE: [bookshare-discuss] Re: wish list live



Since the wish list has been discussed on the volunteer list and since John Glass post so rarely on this list about things interesting and important to volunteers and since his silence is taken by some to mean he is not reading this list I am surprised he chose to reply off list.

E.


At 02:21 AM 10/12/2006, you wrote: >Since I posted the letter to John Glass about the Wish >list on both these sites, and since he replied to me >offlist, I'm posting the important part of his answer >here. > >Cindy > >...we are working on > > updating the wish list much more often. At some > > point, I hope that it can become completely > > automated, which would be great!" > > > > > > John, > > > > What is needed is to get the Wish List to work so > > that > > when one plans to scan a book and hits scan the book > > is deleted from the list right away or daily, not 7 > > months later. As Sue (I think) said, it is worthless > > as it is now. If a book is only removed when the > > list > > is updated, and it's not updated for a month or > > more, > > a lot of duplicated work can take place. Until the > > list can be updated daily it should be removed, in > > my > > opinion. > > > > Cindy > > > > "If you would like to scan one of these books for Bookshare.org, > > please send an email by clicking the "Scan it" link to the right of > > the author's name and sending the email that is automatically > > generated. The Bookshare.org administrator will remove the > > title the next time the list is updated. This list > > was last updated on March 31, 2006, so it is > > extremely important that you send this email to > > prevent duplicated scanning effort within the > > community. Someone else may already be working on > > it!" > > > > > > > > --- John Glass <John.G@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hello Rita, > > > > > > We are in the process of updating the wish list, > > and > > > we will add these > > > books to it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > John Glass > > > Customer Support Manager, Bookshare > > > > > > Benetech > > > 480 S. California Ave., Suite 201 > > > Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA > > > New direct line: +1 650 644-3403 > > > (650) 475-1066 fax > > > > > > john.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > www.benetech.org > > > > > > The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving > > > Humanity > > > A Nonprofit Organization > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: rita weyler [mailto:ritaweyler@xxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 8:52 AM > > > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] wish list live > > > > > > > > > Hi all > > > I have a couple of titles I would like to add to > > > the wish list. > > > I can't fine anything on the bookshare that talks > > > about a wish list and > > > where you can enter the titles of books you would > > > like to have scanned. > > > The books are "Why Men Never Remember and Women > > > Never Forget" > > > and The "Twin of Fire Twin of Ice" pair of books > > > Thanks lots > > > Rita and Camille > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >list >of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.

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