[bksvol-discuss] How many subscribers?
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2007 13:30:44 -0800 (PST)
Do we know how many subscribers we have now?
Cindy
--- Gerald Hovas <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sue,
>
> Gustavo is not the head of Bookshare. That would be
> Janice. Here's an
> excerpt from a message where Janice explained their
> jobs.
>
> Janice Carter joined Benetech in late December as
> General Manager of
> Bookshare.org and Director of all of Benetech's
> Literacy programs. Her
> mission is to get Bookshare.org to financial
> sustainability (which means
> about 9,000 to 10,000 subscribers). If you have
> suggestions for funding or
> just want to vent, please send a note to
> janice.c@xxxxxxxxxxxx or call
> 650-475-5440, ext. 122. The BKSVOL-DISCUSS list is a
> great forum for
> volunteer scanning and collections efforts, best
> practices and ideas that
> will serve the greater audience.
>
> Gustavo Galindo has been with Bookshare.org since
> September 2002 and was
> promoted to Manager, Bookshare.org Website earlier
> this year. He manages the
> Bookshare.org website functionality and usability
> and oversees membership
> and book collection policies and procedures which
> means he's responsible for
> running the system that we all need to manage this
> business (includes
> content, revenue, subscribers...).
>
> HTH
>
> Gerald
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of siss52
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 10:10 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why No Book Reviews?
>
>
> Robert,
>
> Jim is the head of Benetech, and Bookshare is a
> project of Benetech. So
> Benetech is the parent coompany, so to speak.
> Gustavo is the head of
> bookshare, and the manager of the website.
>
> I hoope this helps,
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Woody" <spongebob5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 9:49 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why No Book Reviews?
>
>
> Who is Jim? I thought the head guy is called
> Gustavo. Isn't Open Book
> from Freedom Scientific. None of this seems very
> organized.
> The Stephen King book that gave me trouble is
> Lisey's STory, but other
> books do too. What is Daisy? The new software for
> the Braillenote says it
> can read Daisy. Is that the same as nimas?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Elizabeth and Burton" <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:51 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why No Book Reviews?
>
>
> > Jim certainly deserves the award. However, he
> actually won the aware for
> > creating what later became open book and did not
> earn it for his bookshare
> > creation.
> >
> > We volunteers expect a good deal of the staff and
> of ourselves. Both
> > staff and volunteers put a great deal into
> bookshare. There is always
> > room for improvement of course. No improvement of
> any kind would be
> > possible unless bookshare staff did the legal and
> official work needed to
> > keep within the bounds of the copyright laws as
> they apply to disabled
> > folks. I have been with bookshare almost since
> its founding and have been
> > a part of its growing. Both staff and volunteers
> are committed to making
> > it even better. Thank you for being a volunteer
> and being part of our
> > project.
> >
> > E. volunteers think improvements can be made,
> > At 10:43 PM 1/5/2007, you wrote:
> >>Dear Robert W.
> >>
> >>When you've been on the list a while you'll find
> that we volunteers are on
> >>a continuum in the matter of our satisfaction or
> frustration with
> >>Bookshare and its staff.
> >>
> >>I'm way way at the top of the high end of
> satisfaction. I'm so proud of
> >>Jim for winning the prestigious, well deserved
> award for his inventive
> >>contribution to human well being, bookshare being
> a part of that
> >>contribution.
> >>
> >>Bookshare still feels like a huge gift, to me,
> both the downloading of
> >>books and the opportunity to validate. It's such a
> beautiful bubble I
> >>still get scared it'll burst! I remember way long
> ago when I heard in the
> >>TV news that Stevie wonder had a reading machine,
> and feeling sorry for
> >>myself because I'd never, ever have that kind of
> wealth to get a machine
> >>like his and I'd never be able to read the print
> books that I foolishly
> >>bought knowing I'd never be able to read them
> >>
> >>Since Bookshare, not even 2 years ago yet for me,
> I've donated boxes of
> >>those print books to our library book sales
> because I've either found them
> >>in the collection or because Volunteers here at
> least a dozen of them,
> >>have scanned them for me and I've had the thrill
> of reading them as I
> >>validate so don't need to keep the print copies
> anymore.
> >>
> >>Yep, I've given up on a few blotchy books, too
> full of scrambled dots on
> >>my braille note to puzzle out, but I've also read
> the equivalent of piles
> >>of great BRF files and have hundreds more waiting
> for me to find time to
> >>enjoy them.
> >>
> >>To me it's as if we have a super highway through
> the world of books which,
> >>though it might have a few pot holes scattered
> about still gets us to
> >>books that weren't on the map before. It's a
> highway where a few years ago
> >>we didn't even have a path through the forest,
> where we could have bumped
> >>around pointlessly, tired, battered, hungry and
> frustrated because we'd
> >>finally make our way out without a single
> accessible book to show for our
> >>trouble.
> >>
> >>Sometimes I think contented people aren't as
> motivated to
> >>affirm their satisfaction so I'm sharing my point
> of view so you can see
> >>both sides of the coin. And, I've learned that
> those of us who express
> >>frustration on list help the system to evolve,
> which it has done,
> >>steadily. By the time the elements that need
> attention are addressed,
> >>we'll be after the staff with a new list of must
> have upgrades. Actually
> >>the evolution is pretty exciting and the
> volunteers here have ingenious
> >>ideas that would never occur to me. ,
> >>
> >>Specifically, I'm not sure when you dropped in but
> if you give us the
> >>names of the books you've had trouble with, some
> of us may pick them up to
> >>rescan, resubmit, validate, and upload. and you'll
> see what good work we
> >>can do. Since you're on the list, maybe we can
> help you to work on a BSO
> >>copy so you can be part of the solution. I'm a
> slow worker, but last year
> >>I validated 4 books that were better versions of
> inaccurate books in the
> >>collection. I think you'll like the feeling you
> get when a book you've
> >>worked on is approved and pops up on the new books
> list.
> >>
> >>I hope you'll have happier reading ahead.
> >>
> >>Always with love,
> >>
> >>Lissi
> >>
> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Woody"
> <spongebob5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 9:51 PM
> >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why No Book Reviews?
> >>
> >>
> >>> It doesn't appear that anything changes on
> Bookshare. Do people
> >>> really work there?
> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Elizabeth and
> Burton"
> >>><thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:40 PM
> >>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why No Book
> Reviews?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Cindy, do remember that John and Gustavo are
> apparently so busy that
> >>>>they are having a bit of lag time with
> volunteers. I just wonder if we
> >>>>get them started on adding reviews if they will
> have less time to say
> >>>>approve books or write those helpful additions
> to bookshare site we all
> >>>>ask for describing various aspects of
> volunteering submitting and
> >>>>validating. (smile)
> >>>>
> >>>>E.
> >>>>At 08:19 PM 1/5/2007, you wrote:
> >>>>>When I submitted mine recently a notice
> appeared
> >>>>>saying that it would be reviewed and added in a
> couple
> >>>>>or a few days. I'll write and ask John what's
> going on
> >>>>>with that.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Cindy
> >>>>>
> >>>>>--- Elizabeth and Burton
> <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>>>>wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> > Bookshare may be not up to putting up
> reviews just
> >>>>> > now. Sounds as if they
> >>>>> > have all they can handle at the moment.
> They saved
> >>>>> > it I am sure. They
> >>>>> > used to send out an automated message
> thanking the
> >>>>> > reviewer and saying it
> >>>>> > would be up on the site as soon as feasible.
> I only
> >>>>> > submitted a couple of
> >>>>> > reviews and that was years ago. I wonder
> though
> >>>>> > that they would stop the
> >>>>> > automated message. I thought it a nice
> touch at the
> >>>>> > time.
> >>>>> >
> >>>>> > E.
> >>>>> > At 05:45 PM 1/5/2007, you wrote:
> >>>>> > >Hi,
> >>>>> > >I submitted a review for the hunt for red
> october a
> >>>>> > while back -- I
> >>>>> > >checked three months ago and it still
> wasn't up on
> >>>>> > the site. It's been
> >>>>> > >about a year now. smile. That's why I don't
> review
> >>>>> > anymore.
> >>>>> > >
> >>>>> > >
> >>>>> > >Munawar A. Bijani
> >>>>> >
> >>>>>
>
><mailto:munawarb@xxxxxxxxx>mailto:munawarb@xxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> > >-----Original Message-----
> >>>>> > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> >
> >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> >>>>> > Behalf Of Robert Woody
> >>>>> > >Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 10:10 AM
> >>>>> > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>>>> > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Why No Book
> Reviews?
> >>>>> > >
> >>>>> > > Why are the reviews of books always
> blank? This
> >>>>> > feature is used a lot
> >>>>> > > on Amazon,
> >>>>> > >but not a bit on Bookshare.
> >>>>> >
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> >>>>>
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