The problem that I see is taht not everyone will want to analyze whether or
not a book is "smewhat violent" or "violent" etc. Some people would much
rather just mark the book as adult and leave it at that; readers who can
read adult books are adult or have already gotten approval as adults (with
parent permission). Though you may think something is rather objective to
me is not. To Me, the way I see something as being violent or sexual may be
different than another person. Writing in the synopsis, in my opinion,
adds too many variables that we don't need to mess wtih. This is why I
think Peter wanted us to put things in the review system, because then that
would allow the reviewer or reader to offer their objective opinion, and I
could offer mine if I'd read the book. Its only one more click.
Which brings up another point, should we use the review system more? Maybe
put it in the bookshare newsletter that its available?
All the best.
Ner At 06:50 PM 6/8/2004, you wrote:
I agree. What would be wrong with simply adding a phrase like "some strong language" to the Long Synopsis? That would be much quicker than waiting till the book becomes part of the collection, and then writing a review.
I thought the synopses were related to the content of a book, while reviews relate more to someone's opinion about the book. If that's correct, then it does seem appropriate to add brief notations about violence, profanity or sexual content to a synopsis.
Regards, Paula
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Otten" <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:15 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Adult rating
> Not to be argumentative, well, maybe, <smile> But I'm wondering why descriptions related to adult content of the type we've been discussing should go into a review and not into the longer synopsis. I see one problem > with that approach. The validator or submitter who had the concern might not be able to access the book once published. We do have volunteers who are not elligible to download the books after publication. Also, > people use to web braille and tb topics and braille book review are use to seeing those content disclaimors posted with the book descriptions. I know there is no mechanism for a separate review on such services, of > course. but it seems to me that you'd want these concerns more accessible. If somebody sees a synopsis and thinks a book looks good, they may not bother to read somebody's review, since they're already > convinced they want to download it, based on the synopsis, or just the author.title, without benefit of needing to read the review. Just some food for thought and a possible change of policy. > mary > > > >
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