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 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. -- Currently in Winchester Regional, Virginia Clear, 77F°(25C°) Wind:SSW (200°) at 3mph (3KT) The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra. Created by WeatherSig v1.10 . http://www.weathersig.com Julie Morales Email & Windows/MSN Messenger: mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: mercy0421 Please contact me if I may not recognize your contact info before adding me or I may not add you! ----- 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 > > > > > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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