Ann and Mayrie, and others. You are all very persuasive, and I should have read all of today's mail before posted the one about synopses. For those of you who receive my nightly emails of books-added, I will provide some kind of synopsis, genre if nothing else, but more if I can. Anyone not on my list who wants to be added can let me know offlist. G. Cindy popularplace@xxxxxxxxx --- Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Mayrie, > > Hmmm, I've left your message below deliberately. I > think you are right > in that the publisher Quality books do need > synopses. I think that > before you decide not to submit any more books, you > may want to > consider how this boycott will affect readers. The > Bookshare staff > isn't going to care if you don't submit any books, > just you, Mayrie. > The whole volunteer contingent would have to boycott > Bookshare in order > for it to affect the staff. > > On the other hand, here's a couple of solutions. > First, your > suggestion of making the submitter of the Publisher > Quality books > responsible for their synopses is not a good idea > because these books > come in large bunches. To make one person > responsible for synopses for > all these books is, IMO unfair. > > However, there is a solution, which I think will be > equitable for all. > How would it be if there was a new job created > called Synopsis Hunter. > It's not as interesting as hunting for the snark, I > am sure, but it is > a worthy task. Could there be a list created > somewhere of these > Publisher Quality books so that a Synopsis Hunter > could find them and > seek their synopses? Might I suggest that a > volunteer be given $1.00 > credit for each book for which he/she found a > synopsis? > > This also would require one of the staff to place > synopses with their > books. this would add to their work load because > the books really > should have their synopses accompanying them when > they're submitted. > That allocation of staff resources should, of course > be done by > Benetech admins. > > No, Mayrie, I don't think you need boycott Bookshare > because they > haven't refused to fix the problem. They haven't > had time to ignore > it, and they haven't even come onto the list to > express an opinion or > give info either way. Now, if they refused utterly > to make equitable > solutions, or if they refused to listen to you, or > something like that, > then, you might have reason for a boycott. However, > let's not throw > out the baby with the bath water quite yet. Give > Benetech a chance to > answer us. > > BTW, I noticed that Amazonia by James Rollins is now > on Bookshare. I > have downloaded this book, and plan to read it post > haste. I can't > write a synopsis because I haven't read it, but > Rollins is in the same > category with Preston and Child. There are several > of his books > already on Bookshare. His books are excellent! > They are edge of the > chair, pounding heart, non-stop science > fiction/suspense novels that > will cause you to cancel all engagements, turn off > your phone, put out > a Do-Not-Disturb sign on your door, and generally > make it impossible > for you to do anything at all except read! Oh, you > might want to pause > long enough for sustenance, as reading does require > some brain power > and food keeps your brain active. > > Ann P. > > Original message: > > Hello Everyone, > > > As volunteers we are required to include > at least a short synopsis > > with our submissions of books in order to have > them even accepted as > > submissions. I do not like not seeing any > synopses at all with the > > dozens of Publisher Quality books. If we are > required to provide a > > synopsis with each book that we wish to add to the > Bookshare > > collection, I think that Publisher Quality books > should not be exempt > > from this requirement. > > > I don't know who is responsible for adding these > new Publisher > > Quality books to the collection, but I think > whoever is responsible > > for including them should also be responsible for > including a > > synopsis with each book. It isn't as though > anyone had to take the > > time to scan the book, or even validate it, so > someone should at > > least be held accountable for providing a > synopsis. > > > If I want to know if a book is of interest to me, > I have to go > > seeking somewhere else a synopsis of it. That > isn't impossible, but > > it is a pain, especially since we as volunteers > are required to make > > the effort to include a synopsis with each book > which we wish to have > > added to the Bookshare collection. Requirements > should be > > requirements across the board, in my opinion. > > > I am seriously considering not submitting any more > books until this > > inequity has been rectified. > > > Mayrie > > > 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. > > -- > Ann K. 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