[bksvol-discuss] Re: Thanks for your suggestions
- From: "Rui Cabral" <rui@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:54:20 -0400
Thanks for your suggestionsHi Jesse:
you said:
"Regarding rejecting fair quality books, I wouldn't like to impose such a
policy. Let's treat each book as an individual case still."
I agree. Every book needs a good looking over in order to make a solid
determination.
The problem is the lesser quality books take the longest.
No one likes to reject books so they try to fix them up.
But yes, I have vallidated scans in 30 minutes. There are some people on this
list who submit wonderful scans, it's like artwork how few errors there are.
On the other hand, i have rejected probably about a dozen books as well.
(i can reject a book after looking it over for 15 to 30 minutes. or I can
litterally spend 4 to 6 hours to clean it up)
You said it yourself Jesse, people should be judicious how they spend there
time.
But i totally agree with the concept of getting the quality books up on the
site ASAP.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jesse Fahnestock
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 2:57 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Thanks for your suggestions
I think the attitude is right. Rui, I'm definitely with you when you say that
20,000 books in excellent condition are more valuable than 25,000 in lesser
condition. However I really do still feel that, if we take 3 months to get a
book online, we are sacrificing one of our greatest advantages.
We've received countless messages thanking us for posting The Order of the
Phoenix or My Life on the day they were available. I think that customer
experience -- the 'wow, is that available already?!' -- is one of the things
that helps sell Bookshare.org, too. And I'm worried that we might be
sacrificing it a bit.
I don't disagree that all books should be checked. But surely many books
really are in excellent condition -- or have problems only in headers and
footers or where there had been charts. If these books can be identified rather
quickly, would everyone agree they should be approved as is?
Regarding rejecting fair quality books, I wouldn't like to impose such a
policy. Let's treat each book as an individual case still.
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