[bksvol-discuss] Re: releasing books
- From: Lisa Cushman <crysania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:05:39 -0700
Now that I know that, I will be more likely to reject books that need to be
rejected. What also comes up for me is thatif a book is difficult,I feel like
it is my problem if I can't prove it. So sometimes I don't reject books that I
think that a more competent proofreader could proofread. But now that I know
that you look at books before they get rejected,I will be more likely to reject
books that seem inordinately difficult to proofread.
Lisa Cushman, CRC, LMFT
> On Oct 7, 2014, at 8:53 AM, Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Cindy, I agree. Unfortunately making this happen would require time and a
> good deal of effort from our engineers, and since we don’t currently have the
> bandwidth I honest don’t see this happening any time soon. That being said, I
> think it’s worth mentioning. I will pass this idea along and see if there’s
> any other traction for this and if there is, put in an engineering request
> with the expectation that this isn’t a must-have quick-fix. Judy makes a good
> point that it would be nice to know if something can never happen. I hesitate
> to say that it never will in this case because I honestly don’t know if the
> bandwidth will change. Ideally, it will.
>
> I encourage people to reject books that are poorly scanned or missing
> significant pieces of text. I understand the concern that the word
> “rejection” is especially harsh, but I do think it’s a really great way to
> provide scanner feedback. Additionally, when a book is rejected it goes into
> yet another queue for me to check on before it’s officially removed.
> Therefore, if someone rejects a book for a reason I disagree with, the scan
> isn’t lost and I can return it with comments for more proofreading. If the
> book should indeed be rejected, it gives me the chance to write my own note
> to the scanner with specific information about why the book was rejected and
> how to fix the scan for next time.
>
> Best,
>
> Madeleine
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal
> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 11:49 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: releasing books
>
> Gary, there are books a proofer doesn't want to work on for a variety of
> possible reasons, e.g., the content disturbs them, they simply don't have the
> time to work on them, they need a sighted proofer who can obtain the print
> book (I can't think of others at the moment; but they need to be released,
> not rejected. Only, except by posting on the volunteer list we have no way
> of telling why we're releasing the book. Don't you think it would be
> convenient to be able to have a space in which to put comments when one
> releases a book as well as when one submits a book? Then when people like
> Lisa take a book from the checkout list that sounds as if she (or he) would
> like to proof it that person would know why it was released and would know
> whether it was something that he/she wouldn't like to or couldn't work on;
> maybe it needs navigation formatting or page breaks or the content doesn't
> interest her/him'CIndy
> CIndy
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 4:52 AM, Gary Petraccaro <garypet130@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sounds as if someone wasn't doing their job and rejecting them. Why didn't
> you just do that.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisa Cushman" <crysania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2014 7:16 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: releasing books
>
>
> That would be really helpful. I have had a couple of occasions where Icheck
> out what I thought would be a really great book,only to find out that someone
> had released them for a very good reason. Usually they were books that
> would've been almost impossible for me to proofread. I would've loved to have
> been spared the trouble.
>
> Lisa Cushman, CRC, LMFT
>
> On Oct 5, 2014, at 3:57 PM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Madeleine, I think it would really be useful if there were a comments section
> as part of the release link so we proofers can explain; Am I forgetting
> something? or am I correct in remembering that there is only one with the
> submit button. In the history you administrators put why a book is rejected
> (I can't check now since I don't want to release anything
> True, we can post on the list so mayabe having a comments sectin wouldn't be
> worth whatever trouble the enginers wold hve to do to put one with the
> release button
> CIndy
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