[bksvol-discuss] Re: I have a question please and thank you.

I like your idea, Jackie.  Kind of like the letter ratings on television,
but a check off the scanner or proofreader can tick along with explanation
when beneficial in the summary.  That way no one can complain it is being
censored, but people who want a "cleaner" fare for themselves or their
children have a heads up.  

Thanks!
Valerie


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> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride
> Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:31 PM
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I have a question please and thank you.
> 
> Perhaps to put this in a bit of context:
> a) I have had books that were *obviously* meant for children marked as
> adult lol! but
> b) Rather than adult or not, I do wish that bookshare would do what
> the NLS does & put stuff like explicit descriptions of sex, violence,
> strong language, etc., in the summary. That way, folks who aren't
> particularly interested in reading that stuff know what they're
> getting *b4* they come across it.
> 
> I'll give an example, &, though it's probably a poor 1, may hopefully
> serve to illustrate the point.
> 
> My daughter was very brutally murdered in 2007. I was deeply affected
> by the event, having nightmares for many months in vivid technicolor
> of the descriptions I had been given of the scene by the police. I
> hadn't dreamed in color for many years, but it certainly let me know I
> could do that. I decided as a diversion to proof a book for bookshare.
> I downloaded it, & the 1st chapter contained a rather graphic scene of
> a native American being tortured. Let's just say I did not fare well
> (the understatement of the century) & leave it at that. I'm certain
> some of the volunteers on the list at that time remember the incident
> as a few gave me some counseling regarding my conflict as a new
> volunteer between finishing what I started but feeling unable to
> continue, which, was, btw, appreciated. Had I known the book contained
> graphic violence, I obviously never would have downloaded it. Perhaps
> this is extreme, but I do think that we should have some way of
> knowing that books we're thinking about contain these things in case
> we don't want to read about them, or, in the case of parents, in case
> we don't want our children reading them.



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