I don't know if it is exactly correct that Bookshare could just start getting books from a formerly "safe" publisher at any time if that publisher is just any "safe" publisher. A good long time ago it was Scott who told us that it is very unlikely that Bookshare will ever get books from Penguin or any of its imprints. I don't know why that is, but if we were told that as firmly as we were I would guess that they already tried and that Penguin rejected the proposal in no uncertain terms and it was firmly expressed as non negotiable. Now Penguin is a very major publisher. If all their books are safe then they alone provide one hell of a lot of safe books to submit.
On 7/26/2012 3:02 PM, Evan Reese wrote:
Oh, Larry, it's really not that much work at all to find books that Bookshare is not getting from a publisher, or old books from publishers that Bookshare is working with that aren't likely to be sent in. If you are interested in scanning books that you want to read yourself, then all I do is first check the publisher and the date of publication of the book I'm interested in, then see if Bookshare already has it from a publisher. I am finding that Bookshare does have books I hear about that I want to read directly from the publisher more often than it used to, which is really cool I think. But if Bookshare doesn't already have it, then I go to that page of publishers that Bookshare is currently working with and see if that publisher is on it. If they're not, then I go ahead and scan it. If the publisher is one that Bookshare is working with, then I consider how old the book is. I generally give it ten years. If the book is older than that, then I'll probably go ahead and scan it. However, if it's something that I'm really excited about and want to read yesterday, then I may still scan it even if the book is newer than ten years. I have found that, for stuff I'm personally interested in reading at least, I am having no trouble finding books to scan for my own interest, even new ones, that are not from publishers Bookshare is working with., To the contrary, I've got quite a long queue of books that aren't likely to appear on Bookshare, so I'm in hog heaven as far as good books to scan and read goes.As far as my scanning for other people, which is most of my scanning, I generally let them acquire the books and check on these details when deciding whether to ask me to scan them. But I really don't think it is a lot of work to find books to scan, and apparently the people I'm scanning for don't seem to find it too onerous either.As far as not wanting your books to be replaced, well there's no guarantee on that. Even if you scan a book from a safe publisher, Bookshare could start getting books from them at any time in the future, so there's just no way to be absolutely certain. That does not bother me though. I figure that I made the book accessible to people when it was inaccessible, for as long as it was up there before it was replaced, which could be months or years, so I don't feel my time was wasted.Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lumpkin" <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 10:44 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: suggestions for handling booksI used to be quite a prolific scanner until the publisher quality bug hit,smile. I don't wish to spend time slogging through pages and pages of research to find books that are safe to scan and I don't want my work replaced when I DO scan. If some way could be found to guide potentialscanners to titles that would be good additions to the collection and would be safe to scan, I have the time and ample equipment to do the job and I'msure Susan would be willing to proof too under these conditions. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ann Parsons Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 8:43 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] suggestions for handling books Hi all,First of all, I'd like to say here and now, that nobody here is trying to be cliquey. What is happening is that scanners have found proofers with whom they enjoy working. That doesn't mean that they are averse to working withothers. All it means is that for one reason or another, the partnership meshes. I, for example, work with two or three people. With one person, we'reworking on a series of historical mysteries. We've started working on them together and will probably finish them. With another volunteer who submits religious material, I proof some of her stuff because I am interested in the books which she is scanning. As a matter of fact, she wrote me the other day to ask me if I were interested in proofing a book on Hildegard Bingin.Since I like Bingin's music and am interested in her life, I said yes.We need more scanners. We need more people who are willing to scan books.We probably need an active scanner's campaign. Perhaps books on hold could be moved to a different web page? Or, could books which are not on hold be moved to the top of the list? The books on the checkout list seem to be arranged by date of submission.This may not prove to be the most effective. Perhaps arranging them in two groups, one with holds and one without? That way one wouldn't have to slogthrough all the holds to get to books which are available for proofing? I hope to be able to attend the meeting this afternoon and bring my suggestions there. Perhaps, having an IT person at the meeting would be good. You could then run ideas by that person to see what would be efficient and what would or wouldn't work.Again, nobody is cliquey. It's just that nobody knows what you'd like to do. Tell us! We're not mind readers, much as that talent would be usefulsometimes. 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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