[bksvol-discuss] Re: do others like this description?
- From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:46:14 -0600
I'm afraid some volunteers are as crushable as it may seem. This list can be
a harsh place sometimes, and I've known several people who have left the
bookshare community for just that reason. People are afraid of being judged
and put down.
Shannon
Who can heal, but one who has healed herself?
Who can know, but one who has asked and sought?
Who can lead, but one who has traveled the way?
--ancient French proverb
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From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 2:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: do others like this description?
I absolutely Carrie had nothing to do with that. Carrie has far too
much elegant style to do such a thing.
As for thinking that changing a book description will crush the will
of some volunteer as Monica suggests and prevent them from writing
further descriptions, I suspect volunteers are less crushable than it
may seem.
E.
At 03:25 PM 11/6/2008, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Yes, E., that is a much better description. Perhaps it would be
>better than the drivel which you quoted. I'm sure that Carrie just
>put in what was on the book cover, and isn't responsible for the
>content of the description which made us both flinch. Carrie does
>wonderful work, approving hundreds and hundreds of books. She can't
>read them all, so she uses what is available as a description.
>
>I know that if I saw the description as you quoted it, I might be
>less likely to read it. I also know that your substitution makes
>the book seem much more palatable. So, yes, I would change it if I
>were you, or at least ask if it could be changed.
>
>Ann P.
>
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