[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fiction By Best Selling Author & See Long Synopsis
- From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 22:47:23 -0400
Hi list:
Since Guido has already created a commotion, I have decided to add to it. I am
very concerned about the quality of the books that are being submitted to
bookshare. With today's scanning technology I really don't understand why fair
quality books are still being submitted. Currently there are many books on the
download page that are rated fair. I have both scanned and validated books and
I know that it will take me much longer to edit a fair quality book, then to
rescan it.
In my opinion, these fair quality books will give bookshare a bad reputation.
People are paying for this service. They shouldn't get books with illegible
passages. For instance, a new member downloads a book that has a lot of
illegible passages, he or she will consider it junk and thus judge the entire
collection as junk and a waste of money. I just ask that submitters be
conscientious about the quality of the books that they submit. Otherwise if
submitters continue to submit books without regard for quality, then the
credits for submissions should be decreased and the credits for validaters
should be increased.
Grace
----- Original Message -----
From: Guido Corona
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 3:23 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fiction By Best Selling Author & See Long
Synopsis
Yes, but you have now seen that my 'shooting from the hip' created a bit of
commotion, which is what I wanted to get. Perhaps the creators of these most
Sybillic of entries will eventually pay a little attention. I can shout
because I do not make policy and my bites are, well. . . toothless. I will now
resume being a 'kinder, gentler' Guido. I will be more than delighted to leave
the rigeurs of the "Patriot Act" to our revered and most diligent Federal
Secretary of Justice.
But please folks, every time I see one more of these cryptic tidbits I feel
I am trying to swallow a frog while reading tealeaves!
Guido
Guido D. Corona
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IBM Research,
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"Mary Otten" <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Guido,
Given all the other stuff that isn't nuked, I find it amazing that you'd
seriously suggest nuking a file for a bad or missing synopsis. It would be
absolutely unforgivable, in my not so humble opinion, to nuke an otherwise
exellent quality text because a synopsis went missing. Sure, its nice to have
meaningful synopses. but get real. Its hardly worth nuking the book because one
is not present. A volunteer who is validating could possibly
find one on amazon or Books A Million or bn.com, although I'm not sure of the
later. Just look in the reviews for the ones that say "book description". those
are taken from the book jacket and aren't copyright
protected. I agree that the original submitter should do it. But if they
don't, for heaven's sake, don't nuke the book just for that reason.
If we're worried about providing quality to paid subscribers, then nothing
less then excellent quality texts should be allowed on the site. And then we'd
irritate the folks who say, no! Any book is better than none at all.
Mary
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