[bookshare-discuss] Re: Missing Annotations
- From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:27:31 -0600
Hello Shelly and listers,
And it's that book jacket information that could serve as a scinopsis quite
nicely. Whatever happened to cut, paste, and increasing the character limit
of the scinopsis field. Problem solved!
Peter Donahue
Peter Donahue
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 9:20 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Missing Annotations
Also, just because the law states a publisher should share their books,
doesn't mean it will happen, smile. Being a liaison, and being careful what
Bookshare asks for to get the books we get, let's just say synopsis, which
are things that publishers usually don't write, just book jacket
information, is not something Bookshare asks for.
So patience Pete or write them yourself, smile. Bookshare is a volunteer
community and is only as good as all of its volunteers working together.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 12:52 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Missing Annotations
> Actually, I've seen books sent in by publishers go up on the site with no
> synopsis, then later it will appear with a synopsis.
>
> Therefore, some patience might be in order here.
>
> However, as Shelley says, if you feel like it, you can write your own
> synopses and send it to Allison Hiliker. hillikera@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> Bob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:02 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Missing Annotations
>
>
>> Hello Shelley and listers,
>>
>> Publishers won't submit the scinopsis unless Bookshare.org requires
>> them
>> to do so. One need not be an Einstein to figure that out. There's the fix
>> for this problem. Now let's see if they implement it in the future.
>>
>> Peter Donahue
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 8:19 PM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Missing Annotations
>>
>>
>> Hi Peter and Bonnie and All.
>>
>> The fact of the matter is that no one writes the synopsis' for the
>> publisher
>> quality books. For a while volunteers were mailing synopsis's to Alice
>> hilliger and she was adding them, I believe she is still doing this. So
>> if
>> you see a book, do some research figure out what it is, write a short and
>> long synopsis and send it to Bookshare they will add it to the database
>> so
>> the book has one.
>>
>> I know right now I don't have the time or energy to devote to that
>> project
>> with the other projects I am doing. have way to much on my plate as it
>> stands, and can't do that too.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
>> And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
>> guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx
>> Guide Dogs for the Blind
>> Alumni Association
>> www.guidedogs.com
>>
>> Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness,
>> consideration
>> and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal
>> peace. -Dwight
>> D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president (1890-1969)
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:37 PM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Missing Annotations
>>
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> For some time I have been greatly troubled by the number of
>>> publisher-quality titles posted to the "Browse New Books" area of the
>>> site
>>> with missing annotations or book summaries. Its this brief scinopsis
>>> that
>>> often determines whether I feel a book is worth a read or not. I've had
>>> previous communications with the folks at Benetek concerning this matter
>>> and
>>> received a less than satisfactory answer. This problem should be caught
>>> during the validation process and corrected before a book is posted for
>>> membership access. For God sakes it doesn't take a week to extract a
>>> book
>>> annotation and paste it in to the appropriate validation field. If I'm
>>> going
>>> to pay a subscription to this service I expect to have access that will
>>> enable me to choose whether to download and read a particular book or
>>> not
>>> and I'm sure there are others of you who feel the same way.
>>>
>>> When asked what particular titles were missing a scinopsis I
>>> explained
>>> that there are way too many for me to list. For a while an effort was
>>> made
>>> to include book annotations in the listings, but the number of titles
>>> which
>>> don't include them is on the rise again including a missing scinopsis to
>>> a
>>> book entitled, "Raising Hell" by Ronin Ro.
>>>
>>> I would again urge the folks at Benetech to remedy this problem and
>>> would appreciate the battle joined to ensure that this solution is put
>>> in
>>> place. It shouldn't be too much to ask a book publisher to include an
>>> annotation when they send files for inclusion in the collection. Now I'm
>>> done ranting. Here's hoping 2009 will bring with it a solution to this
>>> problem and more ways for us to find information about particular titles
>>> quickly and easily.
>>>
>>> Peter Donahue
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Given a chance to dream it can be done
>>> The promise of tomorrow is real.
>>> Children of Spaceship Earth the future belongs to us all."
>>> Flying for Me,
>>> John Denver
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