[bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings

  • From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 03:16:36 -0500

I do the book to the best of my ability and forget about it once it's out of my 
hands.  I've got my original and cannot help the rest.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Julie Morales 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 10:22 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings


  Hi, Lissi. I may be in the minority here, because I haven't had anything 
  drastic happen to a book of mine, but I don't think about it too much. 
  Really, the only thing I worry about is what kind of disaster the stripper 
  will make out of something, since the whole idea of trying to protect the 
  headings you want from being zapped still baffles me. <smile> That's 
  something I worry about with my own abilities, though, and not those of the 
  validator. I guess, too, I worry, if I do end up doing something right in 
  that respect and the validator does something to undo the protections I've 
  done, I think about that now, too, but these are things I've just started 
  thinking about with the last three or four books I've submitted. I never 
  paid much attention to the stripper before that. Take care.
  Julie Morales
  Children are fragile. Handle with prayer. --Unknown
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 7:07 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] scanners' feelings


  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


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