[bksvol-discuss] Re: My Thoughts on Credit values
- From: "Rui Cabral" <rui@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:32:31 -0400
Hi:
I mostly do validating, and although i would like mor credit, i recognize
there is no easy, efficient way for bookshare to change the system.
I have validated some scans that were worth $2.50 and i have validated scans
that i should have been paid $5 to tackle. (smile)
I just validated a scan that had 47 pages that had duplicates, now come on,
the scanner couldn't have removed those?
Believe me, if all the material is there in a workable way, i will spend
some time with a book, but i will just as easily reject a book if it's
missing pages, etc. (i can't go to the library everytime)
Overall, i have seen some really nice scans submitted.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:01 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] My Thoughts on Credit values
> I think the split is something like $2 for the submitter and $0.50 for the
> validator. I think this is based on the assumption that the scanner will
do
> some clean-up before submitting. If we in fact submit a good $2 scan,
then
> perhaps $0.50 for validation is fair, but when the scanner doesn't clean
up
> before submitting, then this is not really very fair.
>
> I'd personally be more comfortable if there was greater equity in the
> distribution of credits for submitters and validators. I've been
validating
> this weekend to help work down the list, and out of the eight books I've
> validated, only one was an easy/$0.50 job.
>
> Equity in earning credits may also relieve the problem of receiving more
> scans than volunteers can readily validate.
>
> Just my two cents worth while I take a brain break from a pretty tedious
> validation. The text is beautiful, but the book is full of charts and
> graphs that I'm deleting because they're just gibberish. I'm about half
way
> through and my dentist appointment next week is starting to look pretty
> interesting. <grin>
>
> Peace and Hope,
>
> Donna
>
>
>
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