sideways look! Was: USA: Online book-sharing service

[Georgina]

Hi

Although, this aspect is off topic, I thank those who have attempted to
clarify these matters.  But I do feel that there is an important issue
of us giving up control and just following the majority that we need to 
consider.

The pricing is a very important one.  I as a student paid support
workers to scan and correct books and Jernal articles.  Because books
vary so much its difficult to find an average but the following costs
were quite common during the pas five years of my studies:

The book would cost twenty pounds.  A support worker would take six
hours being paid five pounds an hour to scan it.  If I was lucky, they'd
correct the majority of errors in ten hours at five pounds an hour.
Thus this twenty pound book has cost one hundred pounds to access.

Gena



>You also receive 50 cents credit per each book that you apply the Basic
>Publish procedure on.  Do 100 of those per year and you cover your
>subscription.
>
>I suppose they don't think that all persons will participate in this effort
>and perhaps if so, they will enact different requirements.
>I don't have a lot of time to scan books at the moment but in time I will
>for various reasons.   believe in the longrun, it will be a worthwhile
>service provided it will be able to thrive.
>
>Amanda Lee
>
>Alexandria, VA
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ann Parsons" <akp at eznet.net>
>To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:11 PM
>Subject: sideways look! Was: USA: Online book-sharing service
>
>
>Hi all,
>
><smile>  Gena, it is my understanding that if you contribute books,
>you get $2.50 knocked off your next year's fee.  So, if you scanned 20
>books, then your next year's subscription would be free.  the money
>should go to pay for the server and so on.  I don't know about
>salaries for other stuff.  I think this is a worthwhile project, I
>just wish it were slightly more accessible.
>
>Ann P.
>
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