Exactly! Carrie already said she wouldn't remove the holds if people e-mailed her. Christina ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 8:32 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the story of a proofer Perhaps, scanners and proofers who regularly work together, can contact Carrie, and their holds can be kept in place. Melissa Ann Parsons wrote: > Hi all, > > Lynne, I believe that Shannon is concerned because one can only > download five books for proofing at one time. This is why the holds > were instituted. By placing a hold on a book, it is there to be > proofed, but is waiting for the specific proofer to do so. By > shortening the period to two weeks, a proofer must reduce the size of > his/her queue before being able to download any more holds. The > submitter will have to slow down, or cut back on the books scanned for > a given proofer so that he or she can keep up. > > Yes, one is able to renew books, but if one has only five books, and a > given submitter is working on a series, those books can't be submitted > until the proofer's queue is reduced or eliminated. The holds act as > a store room for active proofers who need to work with specific > submitters. > > Ann P. > 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. 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.