Hi Ann, I agree completely that the renew link should be a permanent feature. I lost two books that I had put a lot of time into because they had some issues because I was out of town when they were due to renew. Absolutely nothing I could do about it though. Laura On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I would like to revisit the issue of renewals. Let me explain. I know > that Evan had mentioned that he thought the renew link should be up on the > checkout page all the time. He didn't explain why, but I now understand > why. > > I have been working on Joanna Gregory's The Tarnished Chalice for the past > six weeks. I'm in the middle, about halfway along. Anyway, my book came > up for renewal and I got the notice on Friday afternoon. Unfortunately, I > had already left for the weekend. I was attending my cousin's wedding. I > arrived home late yesterday afternoon and proceeded to catch up on things > in the house, never thinking about my book till I began wading through the > email. I found the bookshare notice of renewal that was sent to me on > Friday. Needless to say, my book was long gone when I went to look for it > this morning. > > I have written to the proofer who has snapped it up, no fault of hers at > all, and have politely asked her if she might consider releasing it for me. > I have explain my situation, and said that if she's a new proofer and > needs a proof to do, she may keep the book, but if not might she consider > releasing it? I haven't heard back. > > Bottom line, folks, I couldn't do a blessed thing about renewing my book > this weekend. I wasn't here. Had the renewal link been on the page > permanently, I could have renewed the blessed thing on Thursday before I > left! <sigh> Six weeks of work gone poof! Oh, well, es la vida. If my > contact wants the book, so be it, but I was halfway through. Is there > anything we can do about this? Could the renewal link be placed on books > in one's queue permanently? Ah, well, it was a truly beautiful wedding and > I wouldn't have missed it for worlds. Take care all, thanks for letting me > vent. > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > Portal Tutoring > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info > Skype: Putertutor > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost." > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@**freelists.org<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. > >