[bksvol-discuss] Re: reviews are not synopses
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 May 2008 15:10:55 -0700 (PDT)
O.K. I'll ask Lisa to make a ruling and to educate her staff. It doesn't make
any sense to allow reviews instead of synopsis because they don't tell one
anything of value. In the case of the James Frey book, one review I read--I
don't remember if it was in the paper or the NY Times or something like PW,
really panned it, but the review that was quoted, whether it was from the back
of the book or not, raved about it. It was the rave that was included as the
synopsis. If reviews instead of synopses are to be allowed, then both positive
and negative reviews, if both exist, should be included and the writer
identified so we know, for example, if the reviewer is an author of the same
genre.
For books in the collection, any reader can rated the book and write a review.
I have written several, usually when I really like the book, and I know some
others have, too.
G.Cindy
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--- On Fri, 5/23/08, Jamie Yates, CPhT <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Jamie Yates, CPhT <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: reviews are not synopses
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008, 2:55 AM
Well, when I click on my absolute favorite link which is the books most read,
then I get the list of the top downloaded books, I had found several with
reviews and it would even say where the review was from, like School Library
Journal, Chicago Tribune, etc. I was curious about who was doing so many of
these so I clicked on the title and then clicked on the submitter's name and it
was a Benetech email address and if you looked at everything that person had
submitted, a majority of it had reviews instead of a synopsis. Jaya is
the person with the Benetech email address:
http://www.bookshare.org/web/UserInfo.html?userid=33666 There
was another person with an India email address who also had a great many of his
or her submissions with reviews instead of a synopsis as well. That
user submitted 153 books, you can see them:
http://www.bookshare.org/web/UserInfo.html?userid=31129 and about 20% of them
use a quoted review instead of a synopsis so either or both the submitter and
validator are using reviews instead of a synopsis. Even a book that
Carrie submitted has quoted information in the synopsis:
http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=43261 So
maybe Bookshare has revised their policy on using reviews. If you look at the
long synopsis you'll find hundreds of them that use reviews.
Jamie in Michigan
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