[bksvol-discuss] Re: definition of "old books" and comments
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:55:20 -0500
Ah Cindy,
You are such a good volunteer you tend to want to help with everything. But
when you take a bunch of books and know it will be a long time before you
get to them, they may as well be languishing on Step 1. No one in their
right mind would expect you to go back and pick up the books you have
released. Rest easy!!!
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 14, 2006 9:36 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: definition of "old books" and comments
I didn't even get a chance to look at them before I
released them. I took them because they'd been there a
long time and I wanted to get them off the list--or
someone had talked about problems that I thought I
could fix with the print book. There were quite a few
books I had that I was planning to do, one after the
other. Maybe I should take back the books I released
that no one's taken yet, since I released the mover a
month ago, I think. How Jake knew they were mine, I
don't know. I think I mis-counted days and they got
released. ThenI got the notice and re-took them, but
Jake in he meantime had noticed the cluster and found
out they were mine. smile
Cindy
--- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Those books had been around a long time before you
> took them. What did you
> find they needed? A lot of work?
>
> E.
> At 02:01 PM 9/14/2006, you wrote:
>
> >E,
> >
> >By way of explanation...
> >
> >re King Bongo and and the Doomsday Judge--and some
> >others that I released--I had them, as you can see,
> >for along time and kept renewing them, and I fully
> >planned to validate or reject them if the latter
> was
> >necessary. I only released them, and a few others,
> >because Jake and Gerald told me that if I did maybe
> >others would take them and get them done. I did
> notice
> >that someone took Holly and it was added to the
> >collection yesterday or the day before, and someone
> >took The Dead Suffer Too and rejected it--or
> released
> >it and I took another look, after what that person
> >said, and rejected it. Also, someone did take Tammy
> >tell Me True.
> >
> >I'm fully prepared to take the others I had if no
> one
> >else has by the time I finish what I'm working on.
> >Thomas Sanchez, if he's who I'm thinking of, is an
> >important or well-known author and I'mlooking
> forward
> >tor eading that book. Also, The Establishment, by
> >Howard Fast, if it's still up there, shouldbe added
> to
> >the collecton.
> >
> >I took these books originally because people had
> >mentioned problems with them that seemed to need a
> >sighted person and a print book. I'll be happy to
> >download them again and keep them off the list, but
> I
> >don't like frequently getting my hands slapped--and
> >being denied chocolate as a punishment(smile).
> >
> >Cindy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to see a list generated where "old
> > > book" is defined as a book
> > > which has been on step 1 for six months or a
> year.
> > > Either seem more
> > > realistic than three months though I understand
> that
> > > three months is more
> > > realistic than list of books on the list for
> shorter
> > > periods.
> > >
> > > I also wonder if some of the "old books" which
> > > linger and linger are
> > > because the books have inherent issues which are
> > > difficult for someone to
> > > solve. Such issues include poor quality. I do
> wish
> > > bookshare would
> > > prohibit book submissions of the lowest quality
> now
> > > allowed. Such sloppy
> > > submits just makes for lots of work by
> validators.
> > > Given the technology
> > > out today, we just need to raise the bar for
> submit
> > > quality.
> > >
> > > I also want to comment on the practice of taking
> a
> > > book and holding it for
> > > long periods only to release it back to step 1.
> I
> > > think in some cases this
> > > happens because the book is of quality poor
> enough
> > > to completely frustrate
> > > the validator and yet the validator does not
> have
> > > the nerve to reject the
> > > book. In other cases, I am at a loss to explain
> it
> > > except I know things
> > > come up. I do not mind that. Here is my
> example of
> > > the issue though.
> > >
> > > was on the list since November of 2004. I
> grabged
> > > it. Fixing it up with
> > > k1000 does not seem to be much of an issue. It
> was
> > > held for much of that
> > > period by the same person who repeatedly renewed
> it.
> > > This kind of thing
> > > keeps the step 1 list loaded with sort of secret
> old
> > > books. For instance,
> > > what really IS the issue with King Bongo A
> Novel?
> > > The Doomsday Marshal and
> > > the Hanging Judge? Please let's keep talking
> about
> > > old books on the list
> > > in specific terms for we can get rid of them on
> step
> > > 1. (grin)
> > >
> > > E.
> > >
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