[bksvol-discuss] Re: less than excellent submits languishing on step 1
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 13:23:17 -0800 (PST)
Yes, scanning with prevalidating actually takes longer
than validating because one is doing the physical
scanning as well as what Bud describes below. When I
used to scan books I scanned the whole book, then
prevalidated it, the same way I now validate, i.e., I
proofread it and then did a final spell-check. That
way one also finds missing or duplicated pages.
That is why, I'm sure, originally scanners got $2.50
credit and validators only 50 cents credit. The
problem was that many submitters did not do a careful
job but quickly scanned and submitted without doing
any kind of checking or validating, and we validators
had a much more time-consuming job, so that the pay
difference wasn't at all fair.
Cindy
--- Bud Schwab <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Scanning takes a long time if it's done right. I
> read fifty pages
> and then go back over them and get the title and
> author deleted and
> check out all the page numbers. I also make any
> corrrections I hear
> as I scan and read. Then I do another fifty pages
> and do the same to
> them until the book is finished. Then I do a spell
> check and take
> care of as many of those as is possible considering
> all the accents
> in speech and intentional poor grammar. So I can't
> give you a figure
> in hours as to how long it takes because it depends
> on the length of
> the book and whether it's a poor paperback. So if
> it's done right
> it takes hours and hours.
>
> I'm sure all scanners do it in different ways, but
> that's basically
> how I do it.
>
> Bud
>
> At 12:07 PM 12/14/2008, you wrote:
> >Good day validators and submitters,
> >
> >How long does it take to scan a book? Validating
> one well takes a
> >long time. It takes a particularly long time if a
> lot of correcting
> >is needed. Then proof reading becomes much more
> work.
> >
> >If your submit is on step 1 and you know it has a
> less than
> >excellent rating, please consider replacing it with
> an excellent copy.
> >All you have to do is download your poorer copy
> from step 1 reject
> >it and put up your new improved copy.
> >You cannot validate your own submit but you can
> reject your own
> >submit and replace it with a better spell checked
> copy if that will
> >improve its rating.
> >
> >We validators (now proof readers) will praise you
> for caring about
> >your submits. Those poor quality scans living in
> step 1 land will
> >leave step 1 more rapidly for a smoother trip to
> the collection.
> >
> >I too will do my part by evaluating some of the
> less than excellent
> >submits languishing on step 1. Anybody want to join
> in?
> >
> >all the best,
> >E.
> >
> >
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>
> Bud Schwab
> W 6 Z Y P
> Malibu, California
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