[bksvol-discuss] Re: Require opinion on summery and idea for bookshare.
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 22:00:56 -0500
Thought it was 500 words or less, which is a lot!
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
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rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness.
The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever
committed. -Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 5:13 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Require opinion on summery and idea for
bookshare.
I didn't know that the long synopsis was limited to
500 characters, but I've never had a problem with not
being able to upload a book I've validated because my
long synopsis was too long, and I've added comments
about language to my and to
already-written-by-the-scanner long synopses that have
appeared to me to alrady be pretty long.
But yes, I do wish there were a comments section
added. That would be the better place for such
things, and it could precede the long synopsis, which
I think would be valuable for comments such as the
fact that the book contains obscenity, profanity, etc.
Those who don't want to read such books then wouldn't
have to read the long synopsis.
re your synopses--I'm a little confused. You might add
that the book fantasy; if it isn't, then I am truly
confused. smile
CIndy
--- Jessica Killian <17razz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
Would the following synopses make you want to
read the book I am
validating?
Short synopsis: When Mr. Armitage apologizes to Mr.
Garfield for
plunging him into a hole, he could not have
realized he would be
confessing to other holes not made of muddy water,
but of lies.
Long Synopsis:
In an attempt to prevent the Bishop's Arrival,
Charles Armitage digs a
hole. Instead of the Bishop, Mr. Garfield falls into
it and has his
first encounter with his true love Daphne. When
Daphne's boe hears of
Daphne's engagement to Mr. Garfield, he coerces her
into marrying him
by threatening the disclosure of a family secret -
that there was
incest in the Armitage family. The only person who
can stop Daphne
from marrying her current boe and marrying her true
love is Mr.
Armitage.
Do you think bookshare should add a place on
the book information
page for the validators comments on the book?
Currently, if a
validator wishes to note something about the book,
they must do it in
the long synopsis. This practice should be revised.
Some notes take
up more than 500 characters (including spaces),
taking away from the
long synopsis. A reader wants to know what a book
is a bout. They do
not want to know about how there is foreign words in
the book not
mistakes. Notes such as these should be placed in a
separate area on
the book information page. Do you agree?
Regards,
Jess
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