[bksvol-discuss] Re: Got the credit and a suggestion
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:10:37 -0700
Hi, Roger, I get what you're saying. I suspect you probably know more
about using tags than I do (I know nothing about finding, employing, or
attaching them. How does one put a tag on something? Regards, Kim
Friedman n.
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Bailey
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 7:51 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Got the credit and a suggestion
That is exactly the problem. One can come up with a variety of
categories
and if we get enough categories to satisfy everyone then it would be
entirely unwieldy. That is why I am going to offer a suggestion that I
have
offered before even though I don't feel like it has much chance of being
acted on. There is a feature on a lot of sites called tags. I have found
it
at Amazon, Paperback Swap,Open Library and others. A user can label any
catalog entry with a tag that may range from a category or subcategory
to a
note like "stored in my basement." When looking at a catalog entry the
most
popular tags would appear at the top and less popular tags might be
hidden
so that it would be necessary to click a tab labeled more to see them.
If
you click the tag itself you will see a list of all catalog entries that
have received that tag and if you don't see the tag you are looking for
then
you could do a search for it and if anyone has ever tagged one or more
entries with it then those would come up. If I sat here and tried to
think
of useful categories I could probably come up with hundreds. They might
be
really useful, but the category structure simply would not handle them
and
it would be a nightmare to browse through them. Tags would fulfill the
function though. If Scott is reading this then I would like to suggest
floating the idea to whomever handles things like that.
_ _ _
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Eugene V.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 10:26 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Got the credit and a suggestion
> Hi, Wanda, it sounds okay to me. Also, I'm of the opinion that diet
> books should have their own category to distinguish them from
> cookbooks which are primarily concerned with recipes. I suppose one
> can distinguish food fiction from the food and wine category (I hope
> so
> anyway.) There are some of us who think science fiction should be in a
> category by itself and that there should be a fantasy category so that
> sf readers can be assured they're getting science fiction and the
> fantasy lovers don't have to weed through the science fiction category
> to get what they like. Come to that, Wanda, you can have politics and
> government or public policy. I suppose you can have a category based
on
> polemics which can be termed political argument or opinion. Heavens!
One
> can come up with a variety of categories. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wanda
Cochran
> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 7:11 AM
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Got the credit and a suggestion
>
>
> Hello. I got an email last night saying the book was approved and
> that I received the credit. Thank you for your responses. I'm happy
> to hear that this is not normal and this falls into the category of
> stuff happens. I wanted to make a suggestion that a new category of
> books be added to the category of books, called political or
> government. I just proofed the book "Searching for God knows what,"
> and it was in the nonfiction and religious category. I read the book
> and there is discussion of politics and since this book is for people
> who are seeking a religious connection, I felt that there should be an
> awareness to a potential reader that public policy is being addressed
> in the book. It would irritate me to choose a book in the religious
> category and then get halfway through the book to find the author is
> using the book to inject their political point of view,right leaning
> or left leaning, I think I should know that politics is involved,
> especially if I downloaded a book for spiritual guidance. I like to
> keep my church and state separated. I know politics is a thorny
> issue, but perhaps any book that directly discusses public policy
> could fall into the politics category as an additional marker to the
> reader. What do you think? Wanda.
>
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