[bksvol-discuss] Re: do others like this description?
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:48:57 -0800 (PST)
E, I think you're being a bit overly sensitive. smile I re-read Ann's review
below and didn't find it nasty. Perhaps it's one of those cases where her
intended tone didn't come across and you mis-heard it. smile
Cindy
--- On Thu, 11/6/08, E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: do others like this description?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 8:22 AM
> What an appalling nasty note, Ann.
>
> E.
> At 11:06 AM 11/6/2008, you wrote:
> >Hi all
> >
> >E. Where's it from? It reads like Amazon or a
> publishers' frothy
> >and lauditory gumbus. Read the book, review it on a
> blog, send it
> >to the publishers after you write it.
> >
> >You can't stop people from writing drivel. All you
> can do is read
> >the book in question and then write your own review.
> Remember that
> >a reviewer is just that, and the review has placed a
> certain value
> >on this book. You can, if you wish, up the price or
> devalue it,
> >depending on the book. Convincing a reviewer that the
> value she's
> >placed on a thing is wrong, is like trying to stop the
> tide with a
> >tin cup. You need to build a dike.
> >
> >I believe you can review a book on the Bookshare web
> site. So, go,
> >read it, then write your own review. The author is
> probably not
> >responsible for the blurb, probably taken from the book
> jacket by
> >the submitter or the validator. So, read it. Review
> it, and salve
> >your conscience.
> >
> >Ann P.
> >
> >Original message:
> >>I read this review and flinched emotionally.
> Perhaps a little
> >>rewording may be in order
> >
> >>Blind, Burned and Living Against All Odds by
> >>Laura West
> >>At 05:30 AMaleka has suffered beyond belief and has
> many reasons to
> >>hate life, but she is the
> >>happiest person. Read this book and let her teach
> you how her blinded
> >>eyes see great
> >>things.
> >
> >--
> >Ann K. Parsons
> >Portal Tutoring
> >EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info
> >blog:
> >http://www.samobile.net/users/akp/blog
> >Skype: Putertutor
> >
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