Who's responsible for judging the quality of a replacement. I've sent a few replacements, but they were usually for books that I was asked to do or of books I'd originally done and could now improve. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tiffany H. Jessen To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:13 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings Yes, I get the letter of acceptance, then some time later, (sometimes even months later), I get a notice that my copy has been replaced by a superior quality. And yes, I use Kurzweil to rank the quality. It's not always a big difference, but in all of the cases so far they have been decreases in quality. After looking over the books more closely I suppose they could still be considered excellent shape, but they're more borderline where as mine were nearly perfect. Oh well... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:15 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings > Tiffany: > > Do you actually receive an email telling you that your book has been > replaced? > That can be very frustrating especially if you feel that the book has been > down graded, not improved. > > K1000 is an excellent tool for comparing book quality. When you look at > the list of mispelling you get to see what type of errors it has. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:18 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings > > >> Oh no, I don't worry about a validater ranking my book as good if I think >> it is excellent. My concern is when I have a book approved in excellent, >> and then X amount of time later someone else scans that same book and has >> it approved as an excellent quality, when in fact it is lower than what I >> did. I wouldn't mind my book being replaced if it were in fact a superior >> quality, the objection is when it goes the other way around. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:58 AM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >> >> >>> Tiff and Shelley >>> >>> Perhaps it is age, I'm in my mid 50s, but I don't leg my ego >>> into the process worry8ing whether someone labels my excellent scan as >>> good, et al. At first, I thought it meant something; but as a validator >>> myself, I realize that it's generally an arbitrary decision made by >>> another human being, and nothing more. >>> So if validator takes my excellent submission and believes it only to be >>> good, what does it matter in the grand schemes of things? >>> >>> As for Lissi's questions, Julie pretty much conveys my feelings. >>> And if a book sits too long on Step 1, as Cindy notes, I always have the >>> option of self-validating which I did on a couple of Christmas books so >>> that they would make it into the collection for the Christmas reading >>> season. >>> >>> As a validator myself, I get to know the work styles of submitters and >>> tend to validate those who do the work upfront so to speak. >>> So I quickly know what will need to be done, if anything, based on my >>> experience with their work as well as comments they supply. >>> I attempt for quick turn arounds and attempt to avoid knitpicking as, >>> with >>> over 600 books on Step 1, time is best spent on titles that frankly >>> don't >>> need much handholding. >>> I would only spend that time on Step 1 books that I believed were >>> special >>> to the collection amd might not be replacible. >>> Spending hours upon hours validating something, in most instances, makes >>> little sense as rescanning it would be faster. >>> Keep in mind that 5 times the credits are given for submissions vs >>> validations which indicates where the effort ought to be placed in a >>> priority scheme. >>> >>> Just some rambling thoughts which I doubt hold much significance. To >>> sum >>> up, a topnotch submission requires little from the validator beyond spot >>> checking and verification. And once one learns the work habits and >>> tendecies of those they validate, the process becomes even more >>> streamlined. >>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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