Thanks, Rick, for idea as to what's going on
Cimdy
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:29 PM, <ohio1803@xxxxx> wrote:
*Yes, Cindy, I have gotten a few of these exact type of emails myself.
Things I had forgotten that I had submitted, like back 4-6 years. When it
said my quality was very poor, of course I just fell back and whimpered
horribly. Then I was a bit indignant, remembering they were excellent.*
*Then a light bulb went off, as a theory blossomed in my pea brain. I
might be wrong. But I think perhaps it is one of these publisher quality
replacements happening. And the volunteer produced or human scanned ones,
let’s say, it has to be replaced. And maybe the whole poor quality thing is
not due to an evaluation. But rather is just an email form letter to the
faceless volunteer, who is of course appreciated, but also whose
productions are necessarily replaced because the publisher requires that in
the agreements for Bookshare.*
*So there is my theory.*
*I am mostly only scanning books that I figure may never get the PQ copy. *
*Some years back when first starting to volunteer and scan books for
Bookshare, I used to keep hearing interviews on the radio, or reading them
in periodicals. I like to read what is current and this has for a long time
been an issue for blind wanting to not have to wait for months and months
or even years to read something. *
*So I would jump on my scanner and produce the book in the best quality I
could, and submit it. *
*Now, scanning is a different thing, it would appear. As a member and a
reader, I have to say, it is a pretty quick turnaround. We are getting in
so many books from the publishers, and so quickly, it seems. I am trying to
be better about submitting quality reports, and there are books that miss
lots of navigation consistencies and what not.*
*So as much fun as that was, this is sure easier, and I am enjoying
reading.*
*I do, however, still hope to feel good about scanning and submitting,
too.*
*Thanks to all who have and may in the future proofread my scans. *
*Happy reading, and volunteering, everybody.*
*Rik J*
*From:* Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2015 8:38 PM
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] What's gong on? Very annoying book rejected
emails received
Has anyone else been getting email notices that your books have not been
accepted? I don't knkow what's gong on but these notices say won't clutter
themail with the quote --briefly the notes say that the book is rejected
because a BSDO was done of it and it's very poor quality. The thing is,
these are books that I proofed l years ago and presumably have been in
the collection for years. Of course I've stopped being annoyed and upset
and just delete the email but I'm wondering what's going on? I can't
believe bookshare is "cleaning up" up the collection because there was
nothing wrong with the books; it did occur to me that mayb the navigation
fonts etc. were no longer satisfactory,as these books were done, as I say,
years ago and I don't remember if the present rules about font sizes were
the ame then, but it does seem to be a waste of someone's time to redo the
books for that reason alone, and they were fixed why would the BSO books be
rejected?
If I didn't saleslady have so many things to work on I'd do them myself --
they were enjoyable reads; and I think ther people's time would be better
spend on preparing new books for the collection.
and the brief thank you for efforts kind of note at the end doesn't do
much to appease e. I wish whoever is in charge could prevent the mails
Cindy
We encourage you to resubmit this book if you can fix the problem. Please
contact volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if you need more information regarding
your submission.
We appreciate the time you spend contributing to Bookshare, and look
forward to continuing to build the collection together.
BSOs were done of the books and they are ...
