The history page really could stand to be simplified though. Comments
from the submitter, previous proofreaders and the Bookshare staff member
are all readable if they left any, but there is also a lot of
technicalese that makes no sense to most of us. And if you are using a
screen reader you have to wait for it to read all the technicalese
before you get to the comments. That technicalese is a bit repetitive too.
On 4/25/2016 4:21 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
Judy's remembering correctly. Enjoy. And the book' history probably will tellyou for what reason it was returned, i.e., what corrections might need to be done so that will give a heads up and help you to decide if they're relatively minor, or if you might need the print boook to work with because page breaks need to be fixed or something similar. I've had books returned because some chapter titles were out of order or in the wrong font ( that would be an easy fix for which you probably wouldn't need the book; or because there were some bold words on a page that shouldn't b bold (in which case you might need the book. I now doublecheck every page before checking in a book) The history also will give you the name of the submitter ( though you say it's already there) so you can contact that person for help . if you need to. And if you check the books-rejected list that will tell you what more needs to be done.
Cindy
On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:02 PM, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Lori,
If the book doesn't have a "hold" on it in front of the title on
the checkout queue it's fair game even if it already has a
proofreader listed below the submitter on the book's page.
A while back, there were a lot of books just sitting on the
checkout queue with "hold for" on them that had been returned to
the checkout page for more work. I recall that a couple of
volunteers asked about it here. After that, Bookshare started
releasing the holds on books that had been kicked back to the
checkout queue after 30 days if the volunteer hadn't checked them
out again.
When you check on the book page and it already has a proofreader
listed below the submitter, it's one of those books. Someone
proofread it, submitted it for approval, and it got kicked back
for more work. For whatever reason the proofreader decided they
didn't want to make the corrections, and after it sat on the
checkout list for at least 30 days Bookshare removed the "hold
for" on it, so it's available for anyone to take.
Judy s.
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On 4/25/2016 1:26 PM, Lori Castner (Redacted sender
loralee.castner for DMARC) wrote:
There are two books on the checkout list which interest me;
however, when I enter on the book title and review the synopses
and other information both books say available for proofreading
but then show a proofreader listed below the submitter. Are these
books available to be proofread or are they supposed to be
checked out again by the proofreader listed?
The book history is absolutely no help.
I wish the book history would list information so that those
interested in checking out a book could easily know what to do
and what is really available. One book is “The Debt Collector”
and the other is “Wheelers”.
Any ideas.
Lori C.
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