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 > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride > Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:31 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > 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. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.