I am one of the ones who usually scans with bookshare in mind. I mean I will scan a book but, usually the stuff I want to read isn't in the collection. So I scan and submit. There have been some books that I was defeated on, and have had to ask for help or "pass" them on to Kerry or Cindy, as I couldn't have done them and made them good enough for the collection without help. I do think for some books, any book is better than no book particular rare books. But if I can get a excellent rating or a good one, well I try for it. And try to redo any fair books I have if I can. Smile. I do like my books into the collection in a timely manner, but usually at least it isn't the validation step that holds them up. Smile. Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Alumni Association Board www.guidedogs.com Dog ownership is like a rainbow. Puppies are the joy at one end. Old dogs are the treasure at the other. Carolyn Alexander ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:25 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings Hi, Cindy. Oh, sure, I'm sure at least most of us really want our books in the collection, and some of us, if not many, probably scan specifically for Bookshare. I'm one of those. Out of those, there are some of us who really need the credit, so we do the best we can to make the validator's job easier so there won't be any major issues holding the book back. I know I try to do that, and as in the last book I submitted, if I see anything that might need clarifying, such as the copyright, I try to say something to the validator about that. Take care. Julie Morales Children are fragile. Handle with prayer. --Unknown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 9:03 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings I don't scan any more, and I don't know for sure what answers you will get. I suspect that some of the scanners on this list would like to see their books get into the collection, but I know of at least two people, I think not on this list, who don't care. I don't think they even realize that they won't get credit if the books aren't approved--or maybe they don't care about the credit. the books they scanned are not pre-validated or even had the basic checking done, in one case, before being submitted. As to other scanners being worried about their books sitting on the download list and not being validated, they must not care a whole lot or, after several months, they'd take them and validate them themselves. Cindy --- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Volunteers, > > So far, as a volunteer, my contribution has been > validating. With every book > I validate, I learn more, but also have more > questions. Today I'm not asking > technical questions. I want to learn more about how > those of you who scan > books feel about your submissions. > > When you take time to scan a book and place it on > the step one page, do you > worry how long it will be before someone takes it to > validate? Do you worry > if the validator will sit on it forever or make > mistakes when uploading so > the book doesn't get approved and you've done all of > that work for nothing? > > All of the booksbut one that I've uploaded so far > have been approved, but I > feel terrible about the one that got away. It was > Echoes, a book the scanner > kindly allowed me to validate. It was over 450 pages > long and I took a ton > of hours checking it word by word. > > I'm more experienced, now, and probably would know > how to upload it > correctly. I haven't given up on it yet. Now that I > have more confidence and > understanding of the process, I will try again and > when I get it right, the > whole world will hear about it. > > Back to my question. I've sampled, but not kept, > some random books from the > step one page.A few have looked so accurate, that I > thought I might be able > to validate without a print counterpart. Others are > well done, but contain > some puzzles I'm not comfortable trying to correct > without a print book for > exact checking. > > I read books from the collection for pleasure and, > while I'm patient with > the ones which have numerous errors or format > quirks, the accurate copies > are a joy. My goal is to make the ones I validate a > pleasure to read in as > many kinds of formats as possible. > > As usual, I'm rambling in various directions, but, > back to my original > question. Do any of you scanners have validation or > approval anxiety? > > I uploaded a book today. Wish it luck. Two more are > completed, but uploading > makes me a bit nervous because I know if I goof up > in that process, I can > put the book's approval at risk. > > Always With Love, > > Lissi > > > 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. > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL - Something to write home about. 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