[bksvol-discuss] Re: quality of books
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 20:50:16 -0500
I'd be interested in how the $50 figure was arrived at. I knew it must cost
quite a bit per book, but even that was above my $30 at most estimation
Jake
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From: "Rui" <goldWave@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:00 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: quality of books
> Hi again:
>
> Let me point out something that I believe is critical.
>
> It costs bookshare.org an average of $50 to add each title to the
> collection, (staff time, resources, etc)
>
> This was stated by jim Fruchterman at the NFB convention bookshare users
> meeting on July 4.
> Note: I didn't ask for any sort of methodology as to how this was
> calculated.
>
> This # crystalized my resolve to "get it right the first time."
> I always new that adding a substandard book to the collection only to have
> someone rescan it wasted staff and volunteer time that could have gone
> elsewhere.
> But as we see, it also wastes outright cash.
>
> I am not saying we shouldn't rescan fair books, that is why I have the
> fairbook list on my site.
> However, going forward let's try to get it right the first time and not
> attack projects with the mindset of "someone can fix it later."
> Because usually, someone never does and that book just sits there.
>
>
> -- Rui
> BookshareScans
> http://members.cox.net/booksharescans
>
>
>
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