[bksvol-discuss] Re: a book submission rejected, poor me

  • From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 19:07:27 -0700

 You make a good point, Sue, and I am not a member, so I shouldn't say what
I'm thinking,which is that: (first, how would they know their copies are
replaced by ours, but what I'm thinking is; Is it worth it? I don't know,
over-all how many PQ copies have problems that make them difficult to read
vis-a-vis our Excellent-Perfect copies.  There have been some   very long
and difficult-to-proof books I've wished a [publisher would donate, but
thosE publishers don't.
CINNDY


On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Well, here is a thought. If we start complaining about PQ books, and get
> them replaced by our copies, even though our copies are better, I am
> wondering how the publishers would react. They are giving Bookshare these
> PQ books, and there are so many I can’t even keep up. (smile) But it is
> really wonderful that Bookshare is able to get all of these PQ books!
>
> Sue S.
>
>
>  *From:* Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 30, 2014 6:38 PM
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: a book submission rejected, poor me
>
>   I agree with Judy and Christina. Rik, if you file a quality report,
> maybe you can ask Madeleine to accept your book as a BSO to replace the PQ
> copy. And Christina, is the PQ copy of the book you and your proofer did
> perfect?  So often,  I gather they are not -- especially, I  suspect they
> lack proper navigation formatting. So maybe your book can also replace the
> PQ copy and you and your partner can get your credits.
> Good luck to both of you.
> Cindy
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:25 PM, Christina <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>>  Hi, Judy.
>>
>> Can you at least get the credits for it since it was in the approval
>> queue?
>>
>> Christina
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Judy s.
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 30, 2014 4:54 PM
>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: a book submission rejected, poor me
>>
>>
>>
>> Hey, Rik,
>>
>> I feel your pain. Four books that I was in the middle of working on with
>> another volunteer (one already waiting for approval) showed up as publisher
>> quality books yesterday.  Wah! Oh well, none of us could have known
>> (including Bookshare) that Penguin would cave and make available almost
>> immediately tens of thousands of books. But it is frustrating to lose the
>> time.
>>
>> I really encourage you to file a book quality report on the publisher
>> quality book regarding the separation of the first letter of each chapter
>> from the rest of the word. If we don't file those reports, these things
>> don't get fixed and the conversion that Bookshare does of PQ books doesn't
>> improve over time.
>>
>> Judy s.
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>>
>> On 4/30/2014 3:27 PM, ohio1803@xxxxx wrote:
>>
>> I am sad, but it is my own fault, I guess.
>> My submission of Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times by Ralph
>> Stanley and Eddie Dean, published in 2009.
>> Dang it if I didn't have some bad luck.
>> I had been wanting to read this, I had been watching for it on Bookshare.
>> I get a friend to loan me his copy, and last week I check the Bookshare
>> collection just before I start to scan it.
>> I submitted it on Sunday. It was downloaded for proofing on Monday.
>> And it was rejected on Tuesday.
>> What?
>> Sure enough, the proofreader replies to my email query, the reason was it
>> was already in the collection.
>> It had been added on April 23!
>>
>> Ain't that just like a sad and lonesome old song?
>>
>> Anyhow, not to whine all too sorrowful.
>> Any suggestions what I can improve so as not to have more rejection
>> anxiety?
>>
>> But ....  Here is also what I wanted to mention.
>>
>> My scan had a fix in it that the copy of this book now in the Bookshare
>> collection that I just downloaded does NOT.
>> At the beginning of the text in EACH chapter, the enlarged font of the
>> first word  in the paragraph is separated from that first word.
>>
>> Example
>> from Chapter Seven....
>>
>> W
>>
>> e were really on a roll.We had a
>>
>> My submission from my scan fixed that.
>> Maybe it does not matter that much.
>>
>> But as a reader of many books, and a long time big lover and believer in
>> Bookshare, I want to pass along that.
>> And ask that it me not so currently an accepted practice in these
>> publisher supplied books.
>>
>> I'll try to avoid being rejected.
>> I'll keep on scanning.
>> But wow, my 14-15 hours last week, well I have a copy of my own to read
>> anyhow.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> Richard (Rik) James
>> d28rik@xxxxxxx
>>
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