Just keep submitting, or at least validating. It's not always consistent,
as yu've said, and things can llanguish in the admin queue for months, or
be posted the dady after you validate. I can assure you that the majority
of validations I've done have been added to the collection ( I've been at
this for about two and a half months) and that of the 4 or 5 books I've
submitted, at least three are now in the collection, though it took a while.
Thanks, Tom, I really want to share the books I love with as many people as want to read them, and I have several here ready to go. But on the other hand, I didn't join Bookshare just so I could submit and validate books that are going to languish in limbo for eons. It is a little discouraging. But if what you say is true, then maybe I should just do the opposite of what my intuition tells me and submit as much as I can so as to get things moving. I am ambivalent, as you may be able to tell.
Thanks, again.
----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:tjhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>tom hawkins To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 2:14 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How Long Is Publication Taking These Days?
Hi Evan, Good question! I know from my experience as a submitter of books that Gustavo does what he can and approvals come in groups. I have recieved as many as five approvals at one time. On the other hand one of my books has been sitting inthe the administrative Q since last September or there abouts. Don't let this slow you down. I think Gustavo looks at the Q and decides if it is spilling onto the floor, and if so, he cleans it up, so make it spil all over the floor is my advise! Tom----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Evan Reese
To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 4:28 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] How Long Is Publication Taking These Days?
The first book I submitted on January 17 took just two days from submission to publication. I remember marveling about that on the other list. I submitted my second book on February 5, and have yet to hear anything about that one. I didn't validate that one, though, so I have no idea if it is in the admin queue or someone is still validating it. I validated my first book and uploaded it on February 12. It was kicked back and I uploaded it again on the 16th, and I haven't seen it back on the Step One page since. I submitted the second book on February 18, and I validated it the same day. I had just read it and I was sure it was good.
If Gustavo publishes books in the order he gets them - assuming they aren't kicked back, of course - then the backlog has increased dramatically in just the last two months, Going from just two days, allowing no time for validation! which is absurd, I know, and now the backlog is up to at least 25 days. If he isn't publishing books in the order he gets them, then what criteria does he use to set publication priority? I am wondering how long it has taken other validators' books to appear after uploading them in the last few weeks.
Unfortunately, if Bookshare continues to grow, the backlog will continue to grow unless more people can publish books on Bookshare. I will not submit or validate any more books until I see at least one of the three I submitted or validated already get published. Anything I add to the queue will just make the problem worse, and I don't see any point in that.
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