Just remember that you can copy stuff from the book itself , but you must reword book discriptions you obtain from other sources in order not to violate any copyright laws. Sarah Van Oosterwijck http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity ----- Original Message ----- From: <vining@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 5:32 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Re: To Carrie > I must add my grumpiness to E.'s on this subject. It is so aggravating not > to have even a brief synopsis. For heaven's sake, how long does it take to > visit Powells or Amazon or do a simple Google search to find one? > > And perhaps worse in my opinion is to see "mystery by bestselling author." > in the synopsis field! That tells us nothing about the book. Maddening > stuff! > > Joanie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2005 1:32 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Re: To Carrie > > > > Again we have books on the new books list with no synopsis. I assume this > > must mean the person who scanned it and the validator have no idea what > the > > book is about. Yes I am being sarcastic. Also A Private Affair has a > > synopsis with a lot of errors in it. > > > > Is there some simple way we can add descriptions to books if we are not > the > > submitter or validator? It would make the list nicer. Also, I run into a > > lot of descriptions with spelling errors or other messiness. How can we > > fix that? > > > > Forgive me if my message sounds grumpy. > > E. > > > > > > > > > > > >