I should think such a list would be of value to both scanners and Bookshare staff so that books in genres that aren't being read will not continue to be scanned. ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert tweedy" <rtweedy2@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 5:30 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book statistics > I have wonder that myself. Surely there should be a way for bookshare to > know by the downloads what readers like. I know we don't need another list > but outside of the wish list, how about another list just for readers > telling us what they like or just for bookshare volunteers knowing what is > being down loaded. I would say that readers can let us know but we have the > wish list for that so that would beat the purpose of the wish list. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 3:32 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book statistics > > > > Yeah, that would be a great feature. I always wonder if anyone reads what > > I > > submit. > > > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity/ > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 8:09 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] book statistics > > > > > > Hey folks, > > > > I have just recently begun scanning/submitting/validating books and > > perhaps > > this question is addressed somewhere, but I've not been able to get any > > answers about it. > > > > Is there a way to find out how many times a book you have validated has > > been > > downloaded by Bookshare users? > > > > I suppose this may be fairly superfluous, but I love statistics and I > > think > > it would be great to see what people are reading ... and no I don't mean > > specifically what a given user is reading, just knowing what is popular > > among the reading community. > > > > Thanks, > > Scott Blanks > > mailto:sblanks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Adaptive Technology Services > > 629 Divisadero > > San Francisco, CA 94117 > > Phone: 415 409 6650 > > Toll free: 866 564 6650 > > Fax: 415 358 4726 > > www.adaptivetec.com > > > > > >