[bksvol-discuss] Re: where are all the submits
- From: "Reggie & Brooks" <regandlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:31:01 -0400
Thanks Mary. That is one of the reasons I re-joined the list. Actually it
was Pavi who told me it was 2 books for volunteers. However, I was not on
the list at the time, and so I was asking her to hold books for me and I
think I wore out my welcome (smiles). I currently have 5 books out, but I
would be willing to proof only one at a time if I could be assured my books
would be held. I know it takes them off the list for quite a while, but I
don't feel qualified to do a lot of the textbooks. I do not find much on
the download list that I really want to proof sometimes, especially lately,
so I really wish I could find a book and be able to put hold on myself. Of
course, this was done, there would have to be a limit of one at a time. Now
at least I can watch for books that might be interesting and ask for the
hold here.
Reggie
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Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 4:06 PM
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Hi Reggie,
There is no limit to the number of holds a person can have awaiting
their proofreading skills. Whoever told you that there was a limit of 2 is
wrong.
You get a hold put on a book by asking for it, or by forming a
working relationship with a particular submitter who enjoys the same kinds
of books that you do.
Many people post lists of books that they will be soon submitting on
the volunteer e-mail list. If you see a book in someone's list of books
that they plan to submit soon, just reply to their note and ask if you might
please proofread the book. Then, when submitting the book, that person will
include "Hold for Reggie" in the title field of the book.
Again, there is no limit to the number of books any particular
proofreader can have held for them.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Reggie & Brooks
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:38 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: where are all the submits
Curiously everyone, although I have another book with a hold so don't worry,
how does just about every book get a hold for? I think we as volunteers are
only supposed to have 2 holds, but like E. I wonder how we have gotten down
to only being able to validate books on alcoholism and philosophy. Not a
problem at the moment, but once I get through the books I have? How does a
book get a hold? Do they all go through Pavi?
Reggie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.
Sent: Saturday, March 21, 2009 3:13 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: where are all the submits
I am not personally interested in proofing books about alcohol and substance
abuse or group psychology or books about naval warfare at this time.
That does cut down on my choices quite a lot.
E.
At 03:05 PM 3/21/2009, you wrote:
>Hi Elizabeth and others. If you look at the Books In Processing list,
>you'll see that there are around 160 books checked out for
>proofreading. Many of those are fiction, and that leads me to believe
>that we have an active community of proofreaders who work on books very
>shortly after they are submitted. I think what's going on is that we
>have shifted in our balance so that we have more proofreaders than
>submitters. I also think submitters are doing more careful proofreading
>on our submits, so we're putting up fewer books, but the books can also
>be
proofread more quickly by the proofreader.
>Another factor that may be slowing down the flow of new books is that
>some of our volunteers who are not on this list haven't learned how to
>submit books on the new site yet. Finally, another factor is that
>several of our more prolific submitters are now working for Bookshare.
>All of these factors seem to have changed the balance for us.
>
>For several years, the mantra was that submitters needed to stop
>scanning and help with proofreading. We started doing that, and several
>of us tried to switch hit to play both roles. Now the word needs to get
>out that submitters can safely go back to submitting books. I dislike
>working as a proofreader with a passion, but it's taking me awhile to
>get back into submitting mode because I have three books I have to
>finish
proofreading.
>Then I plan to quit and go back to scanning and cleaning up my own
>books so I can submit them.
>
>There is still plenty of important and honorable work for proofreaders
>to do right now. There were 111 books awaiting proofreading when I
>looked at the list. Some of the nonfiction books awaiting approval are
>short, and it would be cool if some of our proofreaders would be
>willing to take on just one of them. You can see the page count on a
>book before checking it out, and that makes it easy to find shorter
>ones. No one has to do them, and I think it's a good thing to work on
>books that interest us when those are available to us. On the other
>hand, the nonfiction books do have to be processed, either approved or
>rejected, by someone from the volunteers or staff. I have two
>nonfiction
books checked out right now because I want to do my part.
>
>To me, working on books that interest me is like enjoying flowers and
>fresh produce from a garden. I'd rather do that all the time.
>Processing some types of nonfiction books is more work, like pulling
>weeds or plowing and preparing soil. It's not as much fun, but it needs
>to be done to make the Bookshare system work well for everyone. If
>those who are willing would take just one book from the check out list,
>we could get those books approved and go back to doing things that we
>find more exciting. For me, that's scanning books. For someone else,
>that may be proofreading science fiction or mysteries.
>
>Monica Willyard
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