Katie, There are three ways to list new books that I'm aware of. The first, and the one that everyone is familiar with, is Bookshare's New Books List. Books don't automatically show up on this list when they are approved. I had thought the list was updated nightly by a scheduled task, but according to what Carrie said earlier today, Gustavo has to kick off that task manually to update the New Books list. It also appears that Gustavo is keeping more than one list which he has to update manually because the links which he added on the Main page and the Volunteer Home page for accessing the New Books List tend not to agree with the Browse New Books page Until a day or two after there hasn't been any books approved The best way to see the latest books is to use the links on Jake's website. He has one for books in English and one for books in Spanish because it isn't possible to run the querry for both due to the way the code for Bookshare's Advanced Search is written. This method doesn't provide publication dates for books, but it allows you to go back as far as you need to find books you recognize, and since it is a querry to the database it is always current. Also, once you've pulled up the page for listing the latest books, you can bookmark it so that you don't have to go back to Jake's site or access it through one of the e-mails that contains the link. Here's the URL for the latest books in English: http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByAdvancedSearch.html?titlestring=&authors tring=&sort=4&language=en&quality=0&category%5B%5D=0&operation=submit&submit =Search There's also another website where you are supposed to be able to list books approved between two specified dates. I say supposed to be able because I get an Internal Server Error half the time when I use it. In the past, I seemed to get the best results when I limited my range to insure that the list was fairly small. However, I haven't used it since Jake figured out the querry that the code for Advanced Search supports to list books in reverse publication order. This site also appears to be maintained by a volunteer, and according to the site, the database hasn't been updated since March 25, 2006. No, the reason it hasn't been updated since then isn't because no books have been approved. There were books approved earlier this month before Gustavo went on vacation. Here's the URL for that site if you wish to try it: http://s89900740.onlinehome.us/bks/q.cgi?startmonth=1&startday=1&startyear=2 006&endmonth=4&endday=25&endyear=2005&Get+Information=Get+Information HTH Gerald -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kaitlyn Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 5:09 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] When books are approved? Hi All, When books are finally approved from the admin queue do they then appear at the top of the new books list??? Also a question I asked a while ago and don't remember seeing a response to. IS there a way to search for books by release date? For example. All books release since 03/01/2006? Katie Hill You can learn a lot if you are humble enough to listen. Lynn Lewis Warren Email: Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E. Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:14 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare's purpose She would have no way of knowing that since Elect Mr. Robinson for A Better World appears as the last entry. Perhaps electing him would be a good idea. E. At 11:46 AM 4/25/2006, you wrote: >Tracy, > >There's already been 25 to 30 books approved this morning. > >Gerald > > >-----Original Message----- >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione >Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:33 AM >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare's purpose > >I've always thought that Bookshare's purpose was, duh, to share books. >That sharing is done by putting books on the website, where users can get >at them. As I and others have said, repeatedly, that is not happening >now, and hasn't happend for well over a month, and no one will say when it >will start happening again. I begin to wonder if Bookshare's purpose has >changed. Maybe fundraising is now the main purpose--I've seen it happen >in other non-profits, some of them near and dear to my heart. >If the purpose is still to actually share books, then why can't someone, >any trusted employee, start approving books again? Why can't anyone at >least tell us when the process might start up again? Am I wasting my >precious time, validating books that no one will ever see? >Tracy > > > 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. 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