[bksvol-discuss] Reading fair-rated books
- From: "Julie & Miss Mercy" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 01:44:52 -0400
Hi, Laura Ann. I do the same thing now. In the beginning, I steered as far
away from the fair-rated books as I could possibly get. Now, if it's
something I want to read, I will download it and at least try to read it. If
I can't, I make a note of it in hopes that I'll be able to rescan it some
day, and I've also mentioned some of them on this list a few times, too, but
I do at least give them a try now. I think the only reason I do that now is
because I know the default rating is fair and doesn't get changed unless the
submitter or validator changes it, so I do give the book a fair chance
usually. Take care.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Laura Ann Grymes" <agapepetsitting@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 12:27 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookshare seems to be interested in quantity
Sometimes it could have been rated fair due to unusual names, or
words that weren't recognized but are part of the story.
I would download a fair text and then spot check it or start to read
and see the quality
if it is bad then I decide if I am going to do a BSO rescan of the
book and submit it or just leave it alone and not read the book.
Laura Ann
At 11:17 PM 9/26/2006, you wrote:
>I won't touch a fair book either. In fact, if I'm going through the
>collection, in search of something I want to read, and find out
>that's only "fair", I tend to be rather disappointed. It's almost
>worse than the book not being there at all.
>
>Shannon
>solsticesinger25@xxxxxxxxxxx
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 6:44 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookshare seems to be interested in quantity
>
>
>>I believe that you are correct. And perhaps it is the proper strategy at
>>this point, though I'm not certain of it. One thought process might be
>>that
>>it's important in the first few years of Bookshare's life to build
>>numbers,
>>to show that the collection can grow when driven by the needs and wants of
>>the blind membership.
>>
>>On the other hand, many people, myself included, won't touch a fair book,
>>and would argue that they don't really count as a part of the collection
>>as
>>they are of such inferior quality.
>>
>>Why do I envision myself like Tevia ... He's right ... No, he's right.
>>
>>Ah, just rambling.
>>
>>Lora
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.
>>Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2006 5:32 AM
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] bookshare seems to be interested in quantity
>>
>>I suspect that bookshare still wants to give most of the monetary reward
>>to
>>the person submitting the book rather than the person validating it and so
>>is not likely to make the difference more "equitable" as you want. I base
>>this suspicion on the fact that bookshare still permits submits of poor
>>quality books rather than raising the bar, thereby making less work for
>>validators and improving the quality of bookshare's collection. Bookshare
>>for now seems to want to keep the bar low and strive for quantity.
>>
>>E.
>>At 07:15 AM 9/26/2006, you wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Monica,
>>>
>>>I do understand that some people validate for credits, and there's
>>>nothing at all wrong with that. On the other hand, many of the people
>>>on this list, yourself included, strike me as dedicated, and willing to
>>>do a good job for Bookshare at the same time. Originally, Evan I think
>>>it was, said that by offering more money, people would just rush
>>>through their validations to get the credits. Although this may be
>>>true for some, I still find it hard to believe that most volunteers
>>>would do that. Didn't someone say that only seven people paid for their
>>memberships through their volunteer efforts?
>>>
>>>On the other hand, I'd rather see the pay scale changed entirely.
>>>Perhaps
>>>$2 for submissions, and $1 for validation, would balance the scales
>>>more equably.
>>>
>>>This would balance so that 25 submissions, or 50 validations, would pay
>>>for a renewal of membership.
>>>
>>>And if offering more for validations would cause people to race through
>>>a validation, offering less would seem to encourage people to race even
>>>faster. After all, if I'll only make fifty cents per validation, that
>>>means I'll have to validate 100 books to get through the renewal
>>>process. Better validate real fast!
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica
>>>Willyard
>>>Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 10:50 PM
>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: a sort of raise for validators
>>>
>>>Hi, Cindy. I have a scanner and use Openbook to scan. What I was
>>>trying to say is that without credits, I wouldn't do much on the
>>>validating side of things. As it is, I do validation both for the
>>>credit and because we have a pretty hefty step 1 page right now. Lora
>>>was talking about not validating for credits, and that is what I was
>>>responding to. (smile)
>>>
>>>Monica Willyard
>>>
>>>On Monday 9/25/2006 11:34 PM, you wrote:
>>> >Monica,
>>> >
>>> >One gets so much more monetary credit for scanning, and all you'd
>>> >really have to do after a scan is to check the copyright page and put
>>> >the right info in the submission form; go through the book and be
>>> >sure no pages have been omitted (we've all done that, and
>>> >double-scanned a page, too); and delete junk characters; and run a
>>> >spell-check. So you validate because you don't have a scanner? I
>>> >think some can be had relatively inexpensively and it might pay you n
>>> > >the
>>long run.
>>> >
>>> >I don't blame you at all for validating for the credits. I probably
>>> >would work for the credits, too. I admit that in my lifetime I have
>>> >volunteered my time and efforts rather than donated money, not only
>>> >because I feel I'm being useful but because I don't have that much
>>> >money to donate. smile
>>> >
>>> >Cindy
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