[bksvol-discuss] Re: releasing books
- From: Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2014 16:13:30 +0000
Hi Lisa,
Definitely do that and make sure to put a note on why you’re rejecting it. This
actually might help some of our issues about not being able to leave a note
when releasing a book. If you reject it and write that it’s because it’s too
difficult/complicated/whatever for you to proofread, I can agree or not and my
comments will also come up in the Book History, along with yours.
Best,
Madeleine
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lisa Cushman
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 9:06 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: releasing books
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<mailto: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
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2014 11:49 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:crysania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
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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<mailto: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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