Ron, Two suggestions. Double check to see if the books in question are Publisher Quality. If so the problem is with the tool they use called Bowker or sometimes Onix. Bookshare is building a workaround but projects like that take a very long time. If the books are from volunteers maybe the list could pick up your discussion and come up with a consensus outline of what makes for a good synopsis. There are a few articles on the Internet to use as a starting point. Scott Rains ________________________________________ From: Ron Miller [ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2011 6:02 AM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: What's with the weird synopses? Good morning, I've been unhappy about many recently included synopsis content but haven't said anything until now. I guess I'm seizing the reins of the bandwagon I just jumped onto. My comment isn't regarding html code in the synopsis text, but rather, the content of the text itself. For the last year or so (perhaps less), the short synopsis content shown in the New Books list gives no indication of what the book is actually about. "Mr. X" by Peter Straub, which recently appeared in the "New Books" list is a case in point. The short synopsis offers no hint about the actual plot of the book instead, it contains part of an informational blurb about the author. I don't mean to sound too critical because I most certainly appreciate the time and effort invested by Bookshare volunteers and staff but I would humbly ask that the Brief Synopsis would once again always contain enough plot info to allow one to decide if the book may be of interest. If the Brief Synopsis contains only a truncated piece about the "number one, New York Times bestselling author" publishing yet another "blockbuster novel," I've got to go to the book's page to read the long synopsis and decide whether I want to download the book after all. I haven't seen similar thoughts voiced on this list yet so I may be a very small majority of one with this opinion and, as such, I will happily continue to use Bookshare as the great resource it is. Best to all Ron Miller -----Original Message----- From: Scott Rains [mailto:scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 12:49 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: What's with the weird synopses? Thanks Bob. Don't know the answer but have passed it along to foks who can look into it. Scott ________________________________________ From: Bob W [rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:41 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bookshare-discuss] What's with the weird synopses? I've seen synopses with html tags in them before, but they seem to be more prominent lately. Here's an example from The Allegra Biscotti Collection<http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/291666?returnPath=L2Jyb3dzZS9sYXRlc3Q%2F> <p><b><i>Emma Rose is SO not a diva. </i></b></p><p>She doesn't want her turn on the catwalk-she'd rather be behind the scenes creating fabulous outfits! Is there anyway to prevent this mess? Bob (grumble grumble) N‹§²æìr¸›yúèšØb²X¬¶Ç§u¦åjy™¨¥¶†è¢K!j·ŠÇ.²Êު笵úÞzX¬¶Ê+€û¶°¢·nžË›±ÊâmæòŠÛ•ø§¶’¹¸ÞrÙbäèëZ–+-¡ö¯j)ZnWœ¢išÛ)ºÛa{ +v¥¥¼¢¶Ç¥~)í…ë.n7œ¶X§ N�����r��y���b�X��ǧu��jy������K!j����.��ު笵��zX���+�������n�˛���m�����������r�b����Z�+-���j)ZnW��i���)��a{ +v�����ǥ~)��.n7��X� N�����r��y����b�X��ǧu��jy�������K!j����.��ު笵��zX���+�������n�˛���m������������r�b�����Z�+-���j)ZnW��i���)��a{ +v�����ǥ~)���.n7��X�