[bksvol-discuss] Re: Back in the Saddle Again
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Dec 2004 10:57:39 -0800 (PST)
Welcome back, Donna -- and with excellent suggestions
and points made.
Cindy
--- Donna Smith <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> So now you know that I'm an old Arrow Smith fan.
> <grin>
>
> Hi all. I've been out of the loop for a while and
> my good intentions to get
> back in a few weeks ago didn't happen. I've kept up
> with a lot of the
> messages on this list and see that we're back to the
> quality versus quantity
> and all the nuances in between discussion again.
> <grin> We're such an
> opinionated group of volunteers! As the whole
> spectrum of opinion has
> already been displayed, I won't add mine, but I do
> have a suggestion...a
> reminder really...for validators. When you download
> a book for validation,
> regardless of genre or submitter, and the text is
> merged, undecipherable for
> paragraph or page at a time, and this occurs
> repeatedly throughout the book,
> then just reject it. If you're concerned about
> depriving the collection of
> this selection of books, then put the title/author
> on Rui's rejected book
> list and those of us who are addicted to scanning
> will put in a better
> quality version. Eventually, as a book submitter
> gets multiple rejection
> notices, s/he will quit submitting poor quality
> books. Anyone who wants to
> know how to improve their scan can get more tutoring
> than they ever wanted
> from this very list. The process currently in place
> really does work, but
> only if we use it. If we keep agonizing over
> rejecting poor quality books
> either because we hate to not see that collection
> number grow or because
> we're afraid of offending the scanner, then we're
> not using our volunteer
> time wisely. I know that there are validators with
> infinite patients out
> there willing to rewrite a book to make it readable,
> but let's use that
> effort on material that truly won't scan well no
> matter what we do...things
> like cookbooks, mathematical and/or science text,
> books with
> illustrations/charts, etc. A 250 page paperback of
> straightforward,
> easy-to-read text is a waste of such valuable effort
> when it can just be
> rescanned in less than an hour and then validated in
> 20 minutes.
>
> Someone brought up a good point about not wanting to
> discourage new
> submitters. I think that perhaps the guidance to
> new submitters should
> indicate that a few rejections in the beginning
> should be expected, and that
> they can get information from other volunteers via
> this list about how to
> scan in the future to avoid rejections. We all get
> books rejected sooner or
> later, and I know that I always look for the reason
> why and then fix it
> whether it is my problem or some other glitch that
> kicked it out. Again,
> it's how the process is intended to work.
>
> Now, after all that, here's what I really intended
> to write about. <smile>
>
> Since it has been several months since I interrupted
> my scan, pre-validate,
> submit cycle, I find myself looking at a list of
> books on my computer
> without any recollection of whether I ever submitted
> them. I will do my
> best to check all the available lists as well as the
> collection itself, but
> if any of you notice a submission that is already in
> the process, just
> reject it. In the meantime, here is my list of
> books already scanned, that
> I will clean up and submit within the next couple of
> weeks. If you
> recognize any of these from my list, then drop me a
> note and you'll save us
> all a lot of trouble. <smile>
>
> The Art of Fiction by John Gardner
>
> The Avitar by Jacqueline Cary (this is a replacement
> for the one in the
> collection)
>
> Chakra Meditation by Layne Redmond
>
> Chained by Lauren Henderson
>
> My Lurid Past by Lauren Henderson
>
> (These last two are very fun reads if you're not put
> off by strong language
> and otherwise adult material...albeit presented in a
> very fun way)
>
> City by Allesandro Barricco
>
> Erogenous Zones by Lucretia Stewart
>
> The Goddess Path by Patricia Monaghan
>
> Liquor by Poppy Z. Brite (from my daughter's
> collection, <smile>)
>
> Little Altars Everywhere by Rebecca Welles
>
> Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca
> Welles
>
> (One or maybe both of these are replacements)
>
> Circle at Center by Douglas Niles
>
> Seeking Enlightenment Hat by Hat by Nevada Barr
>
> The Wellness Tree by Justin O'Brien
>
> When Drummers Were Women by Layne Redmond
>
> Finally, I have a pile of books awaiting the initial
> scan, but I can't
> remember what they are and it's too overwhelming to
> think about them at the
> moment. <smile> However, I have requested John
> Grisham's Skipping
> Christmas from the library and will submit it
> promptly if no one else does
> it first.
>
> Peace and Hope,
>
> Donna
>
>
>
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