Wow, I can't believe you once got only fifty cents for all your hard work! I'm glad those days are behind us.
Julia----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:30 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: less than excellent submits languishing on step 1
Cindy, I do exactly what you did as a scanner. Cat Lover Lori----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2008 1:23 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: less than excellent submits languishing on step 1Yes, 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. > > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a >list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. Bud Schwab W 6 Z Y P Malibu, California To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AThttp://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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