Now, there's the question I've had for a while. Some have suggested putting information about strong language, violence as well as about unusual names or foreign words that might confuse the automatic spelling checker in the long synopsis, I've been putting these in the comments section, thinking both the long synopsis and comments would be on the download page for members. Are the administrators the only ones that see the comments, or does the download page include the comments as well (since I'm not a member, I don't know).
Misha Grandma Cindy wrote:
The submitter can put in the comments section whether he/she considers it as deserving an Adult rating. We validators get those comments; it's the comments section on p. 2 that go directly to the administrator. I know some people have posted when they've submitted a book with sex or violence. I don't mind sex; violent rape (as opposed to seduction) bothers me and I'd probably avoid validating a book like that. If I hadn't scanned The Love Slave in response to someone's request (back when I was scanning) I'd never have discovered Bertrice Small as an author. G.Cindy --- robert tweedy <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx> wrote:We need to know what bookshare's policy is towards adult content in reguards to parents, The tool rates the adult content but we can over ride it so if that is the case, we shouldn't have to rate it anyway. I think though we should have a way to see if the books have an adult rating before we start on the process of cleaning them up. Some like them some don't, maybe there could be a heading for adult or something on the page. Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454----- Original Message ----- From: Carrie Karnos To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 12:27 AMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: e: Re: Accessing Adult-rated books; was Ann Coulter Books Well, I think there are other things that make books deserve an adult content rating besides graphic sex. I put in a book about true-life cannibalism that was pretty graphic, so I slapped an adult content label on it. Another book that didn't have graphic sex but got an adult content rating from me was Hustling: The Gentleman's Guide to the Fine Art of Homosexual Prostitution. We don't need kiddies or teens reading either of those. But there certainly are a lot of books with adult content ratings that need to be de-adulted (if you know what I mean). Carrie ----- Original Message ---- From: robert tweedy <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 9:48:32 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: e: Re: Accessing Adult-rated books; was Ann Coulter Books G Cindy I agree. I can think of a series where tome I wouldn't consider it adult and That is the Calder series, the sex isn't that graphic, now the book I am scanning by Rosemary Rogers, it is verry graphic which involves rape, Sweet Savage Love, some of the scenes are graphic and I don't like violence against women so it is taking a little time to get through plus the book is 23 years old and is the hard cover edition. So the pages must be a little yellowed.Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 11:05 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: e: Re: AccessingAdult-rated books; was Ann Coulter Books> It is true that the system has been in place since the > beginning, but you point out here problems that exist. > For as long as I can remember, people have been asking > what exactly should be rated "Adult." Knowing that > there are members who do not like to read books with > profanity and/or obscenity and/or graphic violence, > some of us rated these Adult. Then we receive word > from several official sources that that if the book > would be in an Adult bookstore or in the Adult section > of a video rental place, that should be the criterion. > To me, that says that only books with graphically > described sex would be considered Adult. > > I think Kelby's idea of being more specific in the > synopsis about whether there is profanity, obscenity, > graphic violence, rape, torture, explicit sex is a > good one. That way a would-be reader would know if > he/she wants to read the book or not, or wants to > allow his teenager to read the book. I've been doing > that rather than rating books Adult, unless there is > explicit sex. > > Or perhaps instead of a general Adult rating we could > use the movie ratings--G, PG (is that right?), R and > X. But still not disallow access to the books, i.e., > allow everyone to find a book whether hey remember to > log in or not. > > G.Cindy > > P.S. What is there in the Ann Coulter books that cause > them to be rated Adult? Curious minds want to know. > P.P.S. There's something wrong with the BS automatic > rating if children's picture books are rated Adult, as > some of them have been. > > > > --- robert tweedy <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx> wrote: > >> The system has been in place since bookshare started >> and now there are a lot >> of readers that don't like adult matterial and it is >> up to the submitter >> whether the book should be adult or not plus if the >> system see a lot of >> words that are consider, a certain percentage anyway >> it makes the book >> adult. >> Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454>> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "kelby carlson"<kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 9:14 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] e: Re: Accessing >> Adult-rated books; was Ann >> Coulter Books >> >> >> > Thing is, they probably won't. 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