[nfbcs] DTB release order logic?

[David Andrews]

Tracy:

This is really off topic for nfbcs, but I will answer anyway 
(smile.)  First, not everything that is on cassette now will be 
converted to digital.  I can't remember the exact number of titles, 
but think it is in the realm of 15,000.  Secondly, there is no 
pattern to when stuff comes out.  Books are digitized by a variety of 
contractors, so all the books in one series may not be done by the 
same contractor, and even if they are, they may not be done in 
order.  Secondly, they are then checked extensively, and they are 
checked in the order they go into the figurative pile.  So, you get 
what you get.

Dave

At 02:37 PM 1/15/2009, you wrote:
>Can any of you guys in the know explain to me how NLS decides the order
>for putting old books into DTB?  I'm reading an old series, and they've
>done book 1, then 4, then 6!  Is there a reason?  Now I get to decide
>whether to read the beginning and the end, then fill in the middle later,
>or just wait to get the whole thing in order.  Is there some logic behind
>when they do the old stuff?
>
>I really like the DTB a lot.  I thought for ages that I hated audio books,
>but it turns out I just hated those old cassettes, and those awful old
>players.
>
>Is there a proposed end-date, when everything will have been converted to
>DTB?  I don't remember seeing one in the timelines I've seen.
>Thanks.
>Tracy
>
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