Yes, I think it's really up to the validator to change the rating after he/she validates it, whether he/she does a lot to it or whether that isn't necessary because the submitted copy is rreally Excellent. Cindy --- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >There is one fascet of this discussion that gets a > bit lost > >here. Bookshare defaults to the fair designation > if the submitter > >doesn't change it. Several of the new books are > rated fair and have > >no category or synopsis. That would indicate to me > that the > >submitter just filled in the mandatory fields. Our > Christian > >romance submitter is fond of doing this, and > sometimes the text is > >in nice shape after all. Since books don't go > through the Bookshare > >tools during submission, I take the quality ratings > on step 1 with a > >rather hefty grain of salt. I look for the name of > the submitter > >and groan if it is the "Bookshare volunteer" > because then it really > >is a game of Russian rulette. (sigh) > > > "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today!" Will > Rogers > Monica Willyard, rhyami@xxxxxxxxx > Add rhyami to your Skype if you'd like to chat. > > 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. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. http://new.toolbar.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/norton/index.php 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.