[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fiction By Best Selling Author & See LongSynopsis
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 14:27:38 -0500
Yes, It would be awfully nice if volunteers could update synopsis even
after a book has been approved. Perhaps we can table this as an official
suggestion to Benetech developers?
Guido
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"Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Most problems with submissions can be boiled down to a general lack of
concern with the end result, and impatients. I think some of the
impatients
is even justified, since as everyone knows, I have ranted about the form's
stupidities. I just care enough about the result to make it "almost"
satisfy me, before I hit submit. <g>
Recently I submitted a book and when I got the E-mail saying it had been
approved both the authors name and the book title had been messed up. I
really don't understand how someone could mess up that badly, but somehow
it
happened. People have to check through the forms fields and make sure it
is
ready for viewing and useful to the part of the public that will be
reading
from bookshare. I wonder if having your name attached to the submissions
and validations helps you to be conscientious, or if the people really
don't
know that they aren't doing a great job.
I don't think anyone expects the short synopsis to be brilliant--mine sure
aren't--just informative, and everything else needs to be accurate.
Sometimes i wonder what the author of a book would think if they saw what
was written.
It would help if any volunteer could easily provide a synopsis for books
that either don't have one, or have a very pathetic one. I know we can
write to bookshare admin to ask for a change in a books information, but
sometimes it just seems like to much to ask them to change things
constantly.
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
curious entity at earthlink dot net
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