Hey, Larry, please don't lose all hope. I urge you to try fantasticfiction.com or stopyourekillingme.com and there me fiction databases which can clue you in on books in series by authors we may not have. I'm reading about authors I've never heard of that we don't have in NLS. Regards, Kim. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 7:46 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hopefully my last post on volunteers VS pq Thanks roger, I think you've stated the current state of things very well. I'll probably not be submitting many more books to the collection. If someone wants to send me a book they feel is not going to be preempted by PQ or outsourcers, they can send it to me or point me to it. I loved submitting to the site but don't find myself fitting in with the place volunteers seem to be put in now. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:39 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hopefully my last post on volunteers VS pq As I have mentioned before, what with outsourcers and publisher submissions the volunteer contributed books in the collection is now a small minority and shrinking. That does not mean, though, that there is no role for volunteers at all anymore. It is just necessary to shift niches. That is, again, long out of print books, small presses, vanity presses and the most obscure books that you can find. _ _ _ "Socialism can be built only by free men and women working together to lay the foundations for a new society and transforming themselves in the process." - Ernesto "Che" Guevara The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lumpkin" <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 10:16 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Hopefully my last post on volunteers VS pq > If bookshare values the scanning and proofing of books by volunteers. > Tell > us how? In what way? If we are to scan and proof books for the > collection, which books? Someone sends me a box of books to add to > the collection but > I > am decidedly NOT going to scan them only to find that my scanning and > possibly the proofing of my wife who spends sometimes days on a book > reading it from cover to cover will be dumped in the bit bucket > because of a PQ submission which is often inferior to our efforts. > I'm sorry, but the answers provided by bookshare staff concerning this > issue have not been satisfactory. The solution we are being offered > is, "well, go ahead and > scan and proof away and good luck." As you can tell, I am decidedly not > happy. > > 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. 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. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5316 (20100727) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5316 (20100727) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5325 (20100730) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5325 (20100730) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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.