I agree with Courtney. I find photo descriptions very useful and thoroughly enjoy knowing the details of a picture. After all, a picture is in a book for a reader to see, enjoy, savor. Shouldn't we have the same enjoyment?
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To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 3:31 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: question re descriptions of photos in books
Cindy, I find descriptions useful even if the text doesn't specifically refer to the photo in question. Occasionally, I've seen the large photo section in biographies have captions describing the different photos. Often, even though they weren't essential to the text, they add another dimmension/reinforce something about the person. Hope this helps, Courtney On 5/24/10, Brianna Snyder <briannasnyder90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:I would find descriptions useful, if the text referred directly to them, asmentioned before. However, books usually give descriptions of things,without the photos, and in those cases, it would not bother me if the photodescriptions were not present. Brianna ----- Original Message ----- From: Chela Robles To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 5:09 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: question re descriptions of photos in books I totally agree with Ron on this because just think of how descriptive movies are at http://www.blindmicemart.com/assets/product_images/movies2.html That is all I put a thumbs-up for. -- "To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with youforever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be sophisticated,but when you get the two of them together in a way people can relate to,then I think you're on to something. You want the sophistication to lie in the purity of the sound, the beauty of the arrangements, and the quality ofthe performances."-Trumpeter Chris Botti -- Chela Robles AIM and E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx Skype: jazzytrumpet WindowsLive Messenger: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx Facebook Profile: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=690550695 Cell: 1-925-250-5955 I Volunteer for a non-profit organization called Bookshare, to find out more go to: http://www.bookshare.orgAre any of you trumpeters and have facebook? If so, come join The FacebookJazz Trumpeters at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=2588375265&ref=ts -- ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Miller To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 2:06 PMSubject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: question re descriptions of photos inbooks Hello,I often find descriptions useful or interesting, especially if the textwill refer to them. Best Ron Miller ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Cindy [mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 5:04 PM To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxSubject: [bookshare-discuss] question re descriptions of photos in booksIt's way late in my proofreading career to be asking this question(Have you heard the expression "Too soon old, too late smart?" I'd like to know from member-readers how much, if at all,descriptions of photos in books, especially of people and the surrounding setting add to or detract from your pleasure in reading the book. Are they desirable or unnecessary? Do you like having the description, or is the mereword photo sufficient? Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+ListTo unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxPut the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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