[bksvol-discuss] Re: synopses
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:13:31 -0600
Apologies. 'romance' and 'fantasy' are not valid synopsis. Rather, they
are categories. A synopsis should capsure the uniqueness of the book.
Something like:
18-year-old "Wwendoleen, blinded at 12 by a stray UFO strike in a lone
Iowa field, finds meaning in life by husbanding blind gozzling, until she
is befriended by a handsome apiculturist.
On the other hand, Category assignments may be:
literature and fiction, romance, science fiction, teens.
Guido Dante Corona
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: synopses
I'll add to that.
I've seen many synopses that say something like "conventional fantasy" or
"romance." I know there isn't much room in the Short Synopsis section
but,
if we're going to put in brief descriptions like that, I think we should
also add "See long Synopsis" and then fill in the Long Synopsis section
with
information on what the book is actually about.
Christina
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From: "Meka" <mekawh@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:08 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] synopses
> This is not picking on anyone in particular because now I don't even
> remember the books where I have seen this. Hooray, fully functional
> memory!
>
> I hope that as submitters/validators, we can steer clear from the
synopsis
> that is consistently more like a book review.
>
> For example, I read a short synopsis that basically said 'if you are
> wanting
> some useless fluff, this will be a good book.' One person's useless
brain
> fluff is another person's enjoyable book, hence why I think there's a
> better
> way to do it. I think that we could use the review section (does that
> get
> used anyway?) for that. Or synopses that have book spoilers.
>
> I know it can be hard not to do this. I write book reviews with my
friend
> for a blog that we both share and it's really hard to do some good book
> griping without spoiling important parts of the book.
>
> This is not a gripe, just a suggestion, and one that I want to follow as
> well.
>
> Meka
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