[bksvol-discuss] Re: definition of "old books" and comments
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 19:36:01 -0700 (PDT)
I didn't even get a chance to look at them before I
released them. I took them because they'd been there a
long time and I wanted to get them off the list--or
someone had talked about problems that I thought I
could fix with the print book. There were quite a few
books I had that I was planning to do, one after the
other. Maybe I should take back the books I released
that no one's taken yet, since I released the mover a
month ago, I think. How Jake knew they were mine, I
don't know. I think I mis-counted days and they got
released. ThenI got the notice and re-took them, but
Jake in he meantime had noticed the cluster and found
out they were mine. smile
Cindy
--- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Those books had been around a long time before you
> took them. What did you
> find they needed? A lot of work?
>
> E.
> At 02:01 PM 9/14/2006, you wrote:
>
> >E,
> >
> >By way of explanation...
> >
> >re King Bongo and and the Doomsday Judge--and some
> >others that I released--I had them, as you can see,
> >for along time and kept renewing them, and I fully
> >planned to validate or reject them if the latter
> was
> >necessary. I only released them, and a few others,
> >because Jake and Gerald told me that if I did maybe
> >others would take them and get them done. I did
> notice
> >that someone took Holly and it was added to the
> >collection yesterday or the day before, and someone
> >took The Dead Suffer Too and rejected it--or
> released
> >it and I took another look, after what that person
> >said, and rejected it. Also, someone did take Tammy
> >tell Me True.
> >
> >I'm fully prepared to take the others I had if no
> one
> >else has by the time I finish what I'm working on.
> >Thomas Sanchez, if he's who I'm thinking of, is an
> >important or well-known author and I'mlooking
> forward
> >tor eading that book. Also, The Establishment, by
> >Howard Fast, if it's still up there, shouldbe added
> to
> >the collecton.
> >
> >I took these books originally because people had
> >mentioned problems with them that seemed to need a
> >sighted person and a print book. I'll be happy to
> >download them again and keep them off the list, but
> I
> >don't like frequently getting my hands slapped--and
> >being denied chocolate as a punishment(smile).
> >
> >Cindy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I would like to see a list generated where "old
> > > book" is defined as a book
> > > which has been on step 1 for six months or a
> year.
> > > Either seem more
> > > realistic than three months though I understand
> that
> > > three months is more
> > > realistic than list of books on the list for
> shorter
> > > periods.
> > >
> > > I also wonder if some of the "old books" which
> > > linger and linger are
> > > because the books have inherent issues which are
> > > difficult for someone to
> > > solve. Such issues include poor quality. I do
> wish
> > > bookshare would
> > > prohibit book submissions of the lowest quality
> now
> > > allowed. Such sloppy
> > > submits just makes for lots of work by
> validators.
> > > Given the technology
> > > out today, we just need to raise the bar for
> submit
> > > quality.
> > >
> > > I also want to comment on the practice of taking
> a
> > > book and holding it for
> > > long periods only to release it back to step 1.
> I
> > > think in some cases this
> > > happens because the book is of quality poor
> enough
> > > to completely frustrate
> > > the validator and yet the validator does not
> have
> > > the nerve to reject the
> > > book. In other cases, I am at a loss to explain
> it
> > > except I know things
> > > come up. I do not mind that. Here is my
> example of
> > > the issue though.
> > >
> > > was on the list since November of 2004. I
> grabged
> > > it. Fixing it up with
> > > k1000 does not seem to be much of an issue. It
> was
> > > held for much of that
> > > period by the same person who repeatedly renewed
> it.
> > > This kind of thing
> > > keeps the step 1 list loaded with sort of secret
> old
> > > books. For instance,
> > > what really IS the issue with King Bongo A
> Novel?
> > > The Doomsday Marshal and
> > > the Hanging Judge? Please let's keep talking
> about
> > > old books on the list
> > > in specific terms for we can get rid of them on
> step
> > > 1. (grin)
> > >
> > > E.
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