[bksvol-discuss] Re: Submitting a book that is already in the collection and has received an excellent rating - is it worth it to submit my changes?
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 20:44:01 -0800
Hi Jess!
Sometimes a rescan is preferable. My rule of thumb is this: "If I'd
rather read a copy better scanned than the original, then I'll submit my
rescan." The issues that you mention may indeed help people out. I, for
one, would totally appreciate having a copy of a book with page numbers
placed properly, rather than one with them interspersed between words in a
line of text. If I really enjoyed or cared about the book, this alone would
be a reason to rescan and resubmit a book. Basically, if you think your
scan is cleaner, probably someone else will appreciate it. But it's your
call. Better is better, in my opinion.
I made the comment to Julia that I did, because I'm very familiar
with the original submitters scans and find them near perfect. If Julia
were to look at the books in the collection and find the copies lacking in
some way, and I were her, I'd submit my copy if I thought it had fewer
problems than the original submission.
Hope I've clarified my thinking. I wasn't trying to tell Julia that
there was anything wrong with her work. I was just saying that the work of
the original submitter is generally very very good and might not need to be
replaced, thus requiring Julia to go to a lot less work.
Sorry for the long ramble in pursuit of clarification.
Mayrie
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Submitting a book that is already in the
collection and has received an excellent rating - is it worth it to submit
my changes?
Hi all,
I have scanned in "The Rape of Lucrece" by William Shakespeare.
This book is already in the collection and has received an excellent
rating - the only problems it has is that there is no synopsis, some
page numbers are in the middle of the sentences, and parts of the book
are double spaced. I have fixed these mistakes in my scanned copy,
which is sitting on my hard drive waiting to be submitted.
Earlier this evening, I read a post from Ms. ReNae that got me
thinking. For those list members that do not know what post I am
talking about, following is an explanation of what the post was about.
A girl by the name of Julia (I apologize for using first names, I
mean no disrespect) wrote requesting help with a Christmas novel. Ms.
ReNae responded to her request, informing her that unfortunately her
time spent scanning was a waist because the book was already in the
collection and had been given an excellent quality rating. After
reading the post from Ms. ReNae, I was wondering - is it worth it to
submit the book with the changes I made - or will it just be rejected?
Thanks,
Jess
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Jessica Killian
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