[bksvol-discuss] Re: books with less than excellent ratings
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 23:04:13 -0700 (PDT)
Good point. But for your own reading pleasure ...
Cindy
--- Julie Morales <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Cindy. That would be great, but I always
> download the BRF file, and I
> can't submit that as a replacement or it would only
> replace the BRF file and
> that wouldn't serve everyone's purpose. Take care.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:34 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books with less than
> excellent ratings
>
>
>
> Evan,
>
> Don't you think the designation of Fair is a caveat
> as
> to quality? smile
>
> Evan and Julie, and anyone else--if you're reading a
> book from the collection that's missing words or
> parts
> of sentences or a page, if you'll let me know the
> book
> and if I can get it from the library I'd be happy to
> tell you what's missing. Then you can correct it and
> when enjoy the complete book and even, when you've
> finished reading it, submit it as an improved copy.
>
> Cindy
>
>
>
>
> Perhaps Fair books
> > should come with some kind of caveat about their
> > quality, but I am
> > definitely not in favor of deleting them.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 8:49 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books with less than
> > excellent ratings
> >
> >
> > >I kind of wonder if maybe Carrie wasn't joking
> when
> > she said delete them
> > > all? I don't know, but I really didn't take her
> > seriously when she
> > > suggested
> > > deleting them all. Maybe my sense of humor is
> > further out there than I
> > > thought it was and I should have taken her
> > seriously, but I didn't. Take
> > > care.
> > > --
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> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 12:11 PM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books with less
> than
> > excellent ratings
> > >
> > >
> > > HICarrie and all:-)
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > My comment was more not to delete poor quality
> > books we have but evaluate
> > > what we are doing now and raise the bar a little
> > to avoid adding to the
> > > poor
> > > book numbers.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Katie Hill
> > >
> > > Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com
> > >
> > > "Come to the edge"
> > >
> > > "We can't; we will fall"
> > >
> > > "Come to the edge"
> > >
> > > "We can't; We're afraid"
> > >
> > > "Come to the edge"
> > >
> > > And they came.
> > >
> > > And he pushed them.
> > >
> > > And they flew.
> > >
> > > - Anonomous
> > >
> > > _____
> > >
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Evan Reese
> > > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 11:33 PM
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books with less
> than
> > excellent ratings
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm not sanguine about deleting books just
> because
> > they are in the Fair
> > > category. If they're in that category, then
> > people will probably know
> > > what
> > > they are in for, and some may still get benefit
> > from them. Also,
> > > certainly
> > > some people have a higher tolerance for quality
> > problems than others. If
> > > it
> > > is a good Fair book, I may still tackle it;
> > although if it is bad enough I
> > > may do a rescan. I am actually planning one in
> > that category for the near
> > > future. (I'm waiting for my K1000 demo disc
> > before I start.) But others
> > > without scanners may have a choice between
> reading
> > something of lesser
> > > quality or not reading it at all. Why take that
> > away from them if it is
> > > not
> > > necessary?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Unless it is costing money to keep them, I don't
> > see why they shouldn't be
> > > kept.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > >
> > > From: Carrie Karnos <mailto:ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 10:53 PM
> > >
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books with less
> than
> > excellent ratings
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Yes, that's exactly what happened. The first
> > books that started the
> > > collection were not validated well (probably not
> > at all). Unfortunately a
> > > huge number of those books were science fiction,
> > so the sci-fi category is
> > > in pretty bad shape.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > What does everyone think of deleting all of the
> > fair books in the
> > > collection? The sci-fi category would take a
> > large hit, but I don't think
> > > the other categories would suffer too much. I
> > think the number of fair
> > > books is around 1200, out of the 27,000 (approx)
> > books in the collection.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Carrie
> > >
> > > Katie Star <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > My opinion is... Maybe when bookshare started
> and
> > when scanning software
> > > wasn't as good a fair book would have been
> > acceptable. But with what we
> > > know
> > > can be done now, unless it was rare, maybe
> should
> > be rejected. This could
> > > be
> > > something that bookshare can consider as they
> look
> > at other suggestions
> > > put
> > > out this year.
> > >
> > >
> > > Katie Hill
> > > Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com
> > > "Come to the edge"
> > >
> > > "We can't; we will fall"
> > >
> > > "Come to the edge"
> > >
> > > "We can't; We're afraid"
> > >
> > > "Come to the edge"
> > >
> > > And they came.
> > >
> > > And he pushed them.
> > >
> > > And they flew.
> > >
> > > - Anonomous
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Julie Morales
> > > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 7:37 PM
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books with less
> than
> > excellent ratings
> > >
> > > Yes, I've noticed that, and that bothers me! I
> > mean, I know they're
> > > not textbooks. I know they may not be worth
> > putting a lot of work in for
> > > some, but if they're worth putting on the site,
> > they're worth making as
> > > good
> > >
> > > as you can make them, or at least that's how I
> > feel. I happen to like
> > > those
> > > types of books and downloading books that are
> > barely legible, and
> > > sometimes
> > > not even that, irritates me to no end! Take
> care.
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> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "E."
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 6:55 PM
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] books with less than
> > excellent ratings
> > >
> > >
> > > The books with less than excellent ratings are
> all
> > categorized as
> > > "Christian fiction" or "Christian romance." Just
> > some feedback on the less
> > > than excellent book question. Draw conclusions
> as
> > you will.
> > >
> > >
> > > At 02:01 PM 7/28/2006, you wrote:
> > >
> > >>I was tipped off, as other listers have stated
> on
> > previous days, by an
> > >>email which informed me of the acceptance of a
> > book of mine. Upon going to
> > >>the new English books page, I did indeed find a
> > number of new books. In
> > >>that group, there was an unhealthy handful of
> > submissions rated fair,
> > >>maybe half a dozen or so. This seemed like a
> high
> > percentage to me,
> > >>considering the capabilities of scanning
> software
> > these days. Has
> > >>Bookshare cut down on the number of fair
> > submissions?
> > >>
> > >>Scott
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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