[bksvol-discuss] Re: The down side of this page break thing
- From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 09:49:07 -0800
Hi Folks,
In reading this thread, it's perfectly clear to me that we should
preserve as much of the wonderful work you do with scanning and
validations. That said, I don't want to see perfectly good scans get
turned away because a page break is in the wrong place. However, I do
want you to release and/or reject a book if it doesn't have ANY page
breaks.
Basically, until I can give you a beautiful, pristine and thorough FAQ
about how to maintain page breaks and perfect header stripping, you
should take this memorandum on page breaks to mean: "reject if there is
not one page break in the whole darn file."
Basically, don't ask. Don't tell.
Marissa
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paula Mack
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:54 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The down side of this page break thing
Hi Mike,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I'm afraid that this push for the
perfect
book will leave Bookshare members with many less books to choose from.
Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 10:14 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The down side of this page break thing
> Interesting conversation!
>
> A couple of observations:
>
> (1) As Marissa has said, this problem applies only to a small subset
of
> submissions.
>
> (2) This discussion shows the problems of what happens when idealism
and
> the desire for perfection meets the reality of dealing countless
> volunteers working often independently in numerous locations using a
wide
> variety of scanners, ocr packages, editing tools, and
> uploading/downloading software.
> Those outside BookShare who love criticizing the service often don't
sit
> down to understand exactly what issues the system faces. Given all
that
> the system has to deal with, it is remarkable, and this is a testament
to
> the efforts of the scanners and validators, just how good the average
> BookShare book happens to be.
>
> While it is good to race the bar of expectations, we shouldn't raise
it
> too high where it slows down the amount of material available. And if
the
> bar is too high, beginning scanners such as myself who frankly are no
> where ready to submit anything will feel that we are inadequate to
attempt
> to submit.
> This is where the quality rating system becomes important; as long as
> poorly scanned books are labeled as such, the potential downloader has
> forewarning to decide if he/she can accept that.
> A poorly scanned book is better than no book in my estimation; and a
> poorly rated book can always be replaced by a better one down the
road.
>
>
>
Other related posts:
