Unfortunately, Julia, we're not supposed to copy the
synopses on Amazon or of any of the reviews like
Publishers' Weekly, we've been told, because they're
copyrighted. We can paraphrase them, and if Amazon or
B&N allows us to see the back cover of the book and
that has something useful, we can copy that--or
something from the book cover flaps. The long synopses
aren't as much of a problem as the short synopses
because of the limit of 250 characters in the short
synopsis.
Cindy
--- Julia <julia.kulak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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