[bksvol-discuss] Re: definition of "old books" and comments
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 11:01:21 -0700 (PDT)
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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