Thanks, Gustavo, for the info. I know, and did say, that the person who lacks 13 books--it's in large part her fault for not getting them in on time, but since the subject came up, I thought I'd use her as an example. It really is too bad that I can't give my credits to people who might be able to use them, but Jesse explained to me a long time ago how impossible that would be to arrange. There are so many things we'd like you to do, e.g., updating the Wish List, approving books, etc.--that I can imagine your Friday will be quite busy. smile Is there any chance the Marissa/Jesse/Gustavo/Rui list will be updated soon? (she asked cringing and ducking so the large bottle of whatever wouldn't it her). Cindy --- Gustavo Galindo <Gustavo.G@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Gentlepeople, > > > > Hello, this is a response to Cindy's email this > morning about user > credits; my apologies to the list for the delay in > replying; we're still > trying to climb out of the backlog of work from > being out at conferences > so long. > > > > We're a bit behind on book approvals as well; even > though i approved > over 40 late yesterday evening, we still have over > 300 books in the > administrator queue. Believe me, i wish the number > was indeed a lot > smaller. i'm getting to that backlog as quickly as i > can, and spending a > Wednesday evening approving 40 books from home is > not my idea a rousing > good time, but i did want and need to make a dent in > my adminstrator > approval backlog. How can the volunteers help with > this backlog, most of > you are asking? Easy: two things: One is your > patience. We get to the > books and to your inquiries as soon as we can. Two > is your help so that > when a book gets to me it's actually ready for my > approval. The more i > spend on one book trying to resolve issues about its > copy-right, its DRM > compliance; its validity, or it's quality compared > to previously > published copies is time taken away from other books > i could review and > approve. > > > > So, on to user credits and Bookshare.org. A user > earns credits for each > book that gets published. Each book that a user > submits and that we > publish generates $2.50 (two dollars and fifty > cents) credit for the > submitter when the book gets published on the > Bookshare.org website. > Each book that a volunteer validates generates $.50 > (fifty cents) in > credit when the book gets published on the > Bookshare.org website. > > > > We make no guarantees whatsoever as to when we will > approve a book; > unfortunately, we just can't. We never have. We > strive to make books > available to our subscribers as soon as we can. i do > not typically > approve books based on the identity of the submitter > or validator, so > there's no relationship between that and the user's > credit amount. > However, users who need to have one or two more > books published to take > their user credits to the magic number of $50.00 > have and do send me > email with info on their books that are in my > administrator queue; i'm > happy to focus effort to those titles first the next > time i have a few > minutes to get into the book approval mode, as some > of you can attest. > But i must admit that if a user has 13 books > scattered throughout the > various stages of the submission process is going to > be tougher to sort > out; it just is. > > > > Every month when we recap subscription activity, we > take great joy in > figuring out the number of people who have paid for > their renewals > completely through sweat equity. For the last month > that i've compiled > data, which is February of 2006, 6 of your cohorts > paid for their > renewals in this manner. Yes, i said "paid"; i > firmly believe that your > contributions have tremendous value. That this is > not only possible but > also achievable is something we should all be proud > of. Bookshare.org > definitely works as an example of a collaborative > community effort. > > > > If any of you have additional questions about > Bookshare.org's user > credit options, please feel free to voice them on > the discussion list. > i'm happy to make sure everybody's informed. If you > have specific > questions about your credits or your book > submissions, please write to > me offline. if you have questions as to why the > volunteer home page or > the wish list page have not been updated yet, > they're on my to-dos for > this Friday. > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > gustavo galindo > > Manager, Bookshare.org Website > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.