[bookshare-discuss] Re: Missing Annotations
- From: lana <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 13:04:49 -0700
Anything, no matter how brief, is better than nothing. Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 2008/12/09 10:40:35
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Missing Annotations
>
>
> The PQ books have been put on the list by bookshare
> staff--certain ones are assigned to this--and at a
> later time they will fill in the synopses. They aren't
> validated by anyone.
>
> For a while Mayrie and I were suppling short synopses
> but it is very time-consuming--not as easy as it
> sounds, Peter, because of the restriction of 250
> characters. I was very relieved to learn that they
> would be supplied later and that I needn't bother
> doing them.
>
> I think I did write and suggest that maybe it would be
> better not to post them until the synopses were
> ready--but maybe I just thought about it. I did
> notice, though, that the PQ books added to the
> collection today all had short synopses, though not
> perfect ones--not really synopses but something that
> gave one an idea of what the book was about.
>
> Sometimes, when I know the book or have read about it,
> if I see a synopsis that is way off the mark, I've
> rewritten it for my list and notified Carrie in case
> they want to take what I wrote.
>
> As Bob said, anyone who had time can write one and
> send it to Allison to be added--we aren't allowed to
> just take what's posted on B&N or Amazon because that
> is copyrighted, but we can use what is on the back
> cover if it is up there.
>
> Cindy Ro
>
>
>
> The problem
> --- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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