I've had to make up a synopsis, I like doing that, I
think its fun. Lately
though, I just go to amazon and copy theirs.
But its good to know about the back cover one, I'll
do that if amazon
doesn't have one. Julia
----- Original Message -----
From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 12:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: An observation about
synopses
> Thanks for the tip about upping the resolution, in
order to get a better
> scan of the back cover. Sometimes, they scan very
well at 300, but, other
> times, not so much.
>
> I don't think I've ever had to make up a synopsis,
to tell you the truth,
> which is part of the reason this puzzles me.
>
> Shannon
> Women will starve in silence until new stories are
created which confer on
> them the power of naming themselves.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 10:27 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: An observation about
synopses
>
>
> I second Shannon's concern. I can't remember the
last time I had to
> make up a long synopsis. It's right there on the
book, either on the
> dust cover or back of the book. Cut and paste is
all that is
> required. Sometimes you have to up the resolution
on your scanner if
> the description is on the back of a paperback
book, but it's still no
> big deal. I scan the whole book on resolution 300
and then when I
> reach the back, I stop and up the resolution to
500 or 600 and scan
> the back cover. With all the other work that goes
into scanning a
> book for BookShare, this piece is really very
simple.
>
> And Shannon is absolutely right that it is hard to
decide whether to
> read a book when we don't have full access to the
information
> available to anyone else holding the book and
looking at it.
>
> Donna
>
> On 12/28/08, solsticesinger
<solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Good morning, all.
>>
>> It is rarely my intent to come in here and
complain, but, this morning,
>> as
>> I
>> was browsing the new books page, something really
irked me. In truth, it
>> has
>> irked me for some time, but not enough for me to
actually come in and
>> write
>> about it.
>>
>> There seems to be a problem with certain
submitters and long synopses.
>> They
>> will write something very vague in the short
synopsis field, which is
>> fine,
>> providing you can get more information from
reading the long synopsis.
>> However, in the case of a few submitters, you
can't. The short and long
>> synopses both have the same, very vague,
description of the book.
>>
>> I do understand why we keep the "short" synopsis
brief, but I do not
>> understand the lack of a longer, more detailed,
synopsis. If the
>> submitter
>> can't come up with one, can't the validator do
so? It makes it very hard
>> to
>> decide whether or not a book is worth reading
when you have very little
>> information to go on.
>>
>> Shannon
>> Women will starve in silence until new stories
are created which confer
>> on
>> them the power of naming themselves.
>>
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