[bksvol-discuss] Re: reviews are not synopses
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 00:32:08 -0700 (PDT)
Well, Bob, to quote your letter to Ann, I beg to differ with you. smile
How do you know the book is "great" if you haven't read it. That is your value
term. One could even argue that "suspenseful" is also a value term; you or
another reviewer might find the book suspenseful but someone else might find it
boring or tedious; I certainly wouldn't use the word if I hadn't read the book
myself. "Espionage" is a factual word to describe the plot, maybe...not sure
where in the story of revenge and a terrorism plot the espionage comes in, but
if it does, you could put the word in the beginning, say something like "A
story of espionage that begins with a dog fight..." or somewhere else.
After you had read the book, if you wanted to encourage people to read it you
could go to the location of the title in the collection, click on the title,
and below the paragraph about how to order the book in embossed braille and the
one about "Search for other books in the same category" you'd find an
invitation to write a review of the book. Clicking on that allows you to both
rate it and write how great and suspenseful it is. smile
G.Cindy
--- On Sat, 5/24/08, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let me give you an example.
>
> "The Shadows of Power by James W. Huston
> Beginning with a dog fight between Lieutenant Ed Stovic, an
> F/A-18 pilot,
> and an
> Algerian Mig pilot, which Stovic shoots down, this book
> presents the
> Algerian
> pilot's brother's oath of revenge, resulting in a
> terrorist plot against the
> United States. A great suspense-filled book of
> espionage."
>
> That last sentence can't be a review of the book,
> because I haven't read it.
> The word great is mainly put in to keep from belittling the
> book. Actually,
> if I were to give an opinion, I'd probably say
> "lousy" instead of "great",
> as I don't usually read this kind of book. But the
> sentence was thrown in to
> let the reader know the book was suspenseful, a book of
> espionage, and the
> word "good" was thrown in to entice them to read
> the book.
>
> Personally, I see nothing wrong with that synopsis.
>
> Bob
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy"
> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 1:36 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: reviews are not synopses
>
>
> > Still, Bob, the rules say we aren't supposed to
> put our own opinions in
> > the synopsis, either. The place for that is the
> review, which is
> > underneath the title in the collection.
> >
> > I've written to Lisa, and she's written to
> Claire and Carrie and asked
> > them to explain to the employees about reviews vs
> synopses. The rules--and
> > apparently they are in the manual--have not changed. I
> think Claire is
> > going to post here to clear matters up. Carrie, as you
> perhaps saw, said
> > she already wrote to the people from India--and
> apparently both the
> > benetech-address people are from there--so hopefully
> they'll get the
> > message. Yesterday there were still two reviews rather
> than synopses, but
> > I think today all the books had synopses as they are
> supposed to--less
> > work for me and Allison and Bob and whoever else was
> rewriting them. smile
> >
> > G.Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 5/23/08, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: reviews are not
> synopses
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Friday, May 23, 2008, 5:08 PM
> >> Beg to differ with you here Ann.
> >>
> >> You said, "If you find value words, then
> it's a
> >> review. It's the
> >> words that put a value on a book that make the
> >> difference."
> >>
> >> In writing a synopsis of a book, I may often use
> terms like
> >> "good" or
> >> "great" before the verb read to entice
> the reader
> >> to read the book. I think
> >> the trouble comes when that's all you say
> about the
> >> book. If you go on to
> >> briefly tell what the book is about then it's
> still a
> >> synopsis and not a
> >> review.
> >>
> >> Bob
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Ann Parsons"
> <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 6:43 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: reviews are not
> synopses
> >>
> >>
> >> > Hi all,
> >> >
> >> > <smiling in return> Precisely!
> That's why
> >> I commended you for calling
> >> > the mistake to our attention.
> >> >
> >> > There is, in fact, a rule about copying stuff
> from
> >> places like newspapers
> >> > and so on. These quotes which are on book
> covers, are
> >> reviews, and
> >> > shouldn't be used. Here's a good
> ruler folks.
> >> If the info you're looking
> >> > at just tells you what the book is about and
> does not
> >> use any value words;
> >> > good, bad, excellent, remarkable, then
> it's a
> >> synopsis. If you find value
> >> > words, then it's a review. It's the
> words
> >> that put a value on a book
> >> > that make the difference.
> >> >
> >> > Yep, I guess it is up to us to correct
> mistakes when
> >> we find 'em.
> >> > However, let's agree to continue to call
> these
> >> mistakes to the attention
> >> > of those who make them. Otherwise, we're
> setting
> >> ourselves up for lots
> >> > more work! Dunnow about you, but I've
> got to
> >> learn Vista, and if I have
> >> > to write synopses too, one of these here
> things
> >> isn't going to get done.
> >> >
> >> > Ann P.
> >> >
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