Do you know about Marissa's List? If you download it
from Rui's site, and do a Find, you can find out if
your book is being validated or is in the
administrator pool. If you give us the title, I can
check quickly for you, because Ihave it on my
desktop--well, maybe not so quickly because I'm
leaving the house soon.
Here is the URL for the lists Rui is kind enough to
keep up for us--books requested, books that need to be
re-scanned because of their condition, books that
people are validating, and books awaiting
administrator approval. Imay have left something out,
but if I have you'll find it.
The only problem with Marissa's list (named in honor
of a former bookshare employee who maintained it until
she left to go to graduate school,; I've included for
myself the name of her predecessor who started it). is
that it isn't updated frequently, so it gets out of
date quickly. Still, it's better than nothing.
Cindy
--- Tina Birnenbaum <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I see and checked the step 1 page last night and it
isn't ther so hopefully
that is a good sign. I don't lik moving on to a new
book until I know the
old was or not approved so, willremember this though
haven't don much wiyth
the advanced search stuff.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 8:19 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book approval?
> Hi, Tina,
>
> You've hit on one problem with the system. People
who
> submit books do get an email notice that their
book
> has been accepted or rejected after it goes
through
> the validation and administrator approval process.
>
> Unfortunately, we validators don't. Thus some
books
> that validators have thought they approved have
ended
> up back on the download list and the validator
didn't
> notice, because we don't go back and look for
books we
> think we're finished with. The only to know if a
book
> you've validated is in the collection is to do
what
> you are doing, which is to check the collection.
I've
> decided that I also should check the download list
to
> see if a book is back on it for some reason, but I
> probably won't. It takes too long to load, for
> impatient me, even with cable or DSL. modem. When
I
> want to check the collection I go to Advance
Search
> and use Find, and I get results very quickly.
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
> -- Tina Birnenbaum <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi. For people who've had books approved, are
you
> > notified by e-mail or do you just have to look
on
> > the pages to see? I've only had one book
approved
> > that I've tried validating and camn't remember
how I
> > saw it I think just on the new book page. Just
> > curious how others find that out.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gerald Hovas
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 3:46 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare
reaches
> > 24,000 Books - some category info
> >
> >
> > Lissi,
> >
> > I don't know when Bookshare hit 23,000, but
> > Gustavo sent a notice on June 14 that Bookshare
had
> > reached 22,500, and there was a big announcement
on
> > the website back in January when Bookshare reach
> > 20,000. 1000 books by the end of the year
should be
> > easy since, from what I've noticed, Gustavo
> > approves around 400 to 500 books a month, and we
> > have three months left in 2005. Things will
> > probably slow down around Thanksgiving and
probably
> > come to a crawl in mid to late December, but I
still
> > think we'll reach 25,000 by the end of the year
with
> > no problem.
> >
> > It will be interesting to see when we do reach
> > 25,000.
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> > P.S. Here's Gustavo's notice from back in
June.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Gustavo Galindo
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 11:05 AM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare.org now
has
> > over 22,500 books
> >
> >
> > gentlepeople,
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks to a night of very little sleep (i
blame
> > the hot weather), i approved a mess of books
last
> > night/this morning. we have surpassed the 22,500
> > live books mark that we were aiming for by the
start
> > of the summer conventions the first week of
July.
> >
> >
> >
> > we've met that goal a few weeks ahead of
schedule,
> > it seems!
> >
> >
> >
> > thanks for your hard work, your fun in sharing
> > your passions for books, and for your
participation
> > in this awesome community.
> >
> >
> >
> > so, what's our next goal?
> >
> >
> >
> > gustavo
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Estelnalissi
> > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:11 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare
reaches
> > 24,000 Books - some category info
> >
> >
> > Dear Janice and Gerald,
> >
> > It's inspiring to be updated on the number of
> > books in the collection. A thousand books before
> > 2006 sounds like a tall order. Would any of you
who
> > enjoy statistics and are good at research be
willing
> > to find out how long it took to add the previous
> > thousand titles, as in going from 23 to 24
thousand
> > books?
> >
> > Thanks, Gerald, for the good news that we've
> > reached 24 thousand.
> >
> > Janice, I loved your post listing the number
of
> > books in the various categories. I love
> > contemplating numbers, comparing categories and
> > being happy that some of my favorites are well
> > stocked. I'll be referring to your list from
time to
> > time. Thank you again for compiling and sending
it.
> >
> > Always With Love,
> >
> > Lissi
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Janice Carter
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2005 8:32 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare
reaches
> > 24,000 Books - some category info
> >
> >
> > This will give you a rough idea of books in
the
> > collection by category....
> >
> >
> >
> > Bookshare.org Books by Categories
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
Animals.....................................................................
..........................................................................
> > 757
> >
> > Art and
> >
>
Architecture................................................................
...........................................................
> > 98
> >
> > Biographies and
> >
>
Memoirs.....................................................................
......................................
> > 1,649
> >
> > Business and
> >
>
Finance.....................................................................
................................................
> > 294
> >
> > Children's
> >
>
Books.......................................................................
....................................................
> > 2,478
> >
> > Computers and
> >
>
Internet....................................................................
..............................................
> > 775
> >
> > Cooking, Food and
> >
>
Wine........................................................................
.......................................
> > 161
> >
> >
> >
>
Disability-Related..........................................................
....................................................................
> > 547
> >
> >
> >
>
Entertainment...............................................................
.....................................................................
> > 246
> >
> > Gay and
> >
>
Lesbian.....................................................................
.........................................................
> > 523
> >
> > Health, Mind and
> >
>
Body........................................................................
............................................
> > 686
> >
> >
> >
>
History.....................................................................
........................................................................
> > 2,545
> >
> > Home and
> >
>
Garden......................................................................
........................................................
> > 56
> >
> >
> >
>
Horror......................................................................
...........................................................................
> > 314
> >
> > Literature and
> >
>
Fiction.....................................................................
..............................................
> > 9,073
> >
> >
> >
>
Military....................................................................
............................................................................
> > 483
> >
> > Mystery and
> >
>
Thrillers...................................................................
.................................................
> > 3,446
> >
> >
> >
>
Nonfiction..................................................................
.....................................................................
> > 5,446
> >
> > Outdoors and
> >
>
Nature......................................................................
.................................................
> > 293
> >
> > Parenting and
> >
>
Family......................................................................
................................................
> > 369
> >
> >
> >
>
Poetry......................................................................
...........................................................................
> > 343
> >
> > Professional and
> >
>
Technical...................................................................
.........................................
> > 366
> >
> >
> >
>
Reference...................................................................
.......................................................................
> > 416
> >
> > Religion and
> >
>
Spirituality................................................................
...............................................
> > 1,268
> >
> >
> >
>
Romance.....................................................................
...................................................................
> > 1,572
> >
> >
> >
>
Science.....................................................................
.........................................................................
> > 470
> >
> > Science Fiction and
> >
>
Fantasy.....................................................................
................................
> > 3,665
> >
> >
> >
>
Self-Help...................................................................
..........................................................................
> > 516
> >
> >
> >
>
Sports......................................................................
...........................................................................
> > 163
> >
> >
> >
>
Teens.......................................................................
...........................................................................
> > 867
> >
> > Textbooks and Educational
> >
>
Materials...................................................................
........................
> > 950
> >
> >
> >
>
Travel......................................................................
............................................................................
> > 173
> >
> >
> >
>
Westerns....................................................................
........................................................................
> > 262
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Janice
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Gary Petraccaro
> > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 2:48 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare
reaches
> > 24,000 Books
> >
> >
> >
> > What are the percentages in the various
> > categories?
> >
> > Does anybody know?
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: Gerald Hovas
> >
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2005 4:54 PM
> >
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare
reaches
> > 24,000 Books
> >
> >
> >
> > Gustavo doesn't show it on Bookshare's
home
> > page yet, but I happened to do a
> > couple of searches using the Advanced
Search
> > page earlier and found that
> > the collection has 23,774 books in English
and
> > 274 books in Spanish. That's
> > a total of 24,048 books in the collection.
> > That leabes three and a half
> > months to break the goal of 25,000 by the
end
> > of the year.
> >
> > Gerald
> >
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