[bookshare-discuss] Re: see long synopsis a waste and frustrating
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From: "Allison Hilliker" <hillikera@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008/04/16 00:48:44
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: see long synopsis a waste and frustrating
>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Bookshare is definitely working to make synopses as high quality as
> possible. I've written about 130 of them in the past week because
> well-represented books are very important to me.
>
> I have a question for you all. Do you mind it if a book has a tiny
> description and then a referral to the long synopsis? It would look
> something like this.
> "Bob goes to the store and gets abducted by aliens. See long synopsis."
> I made that one up of course. I don't hink Bob has been abducted by aliens
> recently. <smile>. In any case, is that scenario good by you all? I
> normally try
> to avoid the statement see long synopsis, but once in a while I find a plot
> that fights me and resists being put into a little box. So I compromise as
> in the example
> above. What do you think?
>
> BTW, while I'm writing, thanks to Bob for his synopsis-writing help. He's
> been incredible!
>
> Best,
> Allison Hilliker:
> Bookshare.org intern.
> allison.h@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:47 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: see long synopsis a waste and frustrating
>
>
> >I want to second this opinion. I hate "see long synopsis" descriptions
> >almost as much as I hate the "none" designation.
> >
> > A synopsis is usually easy to write even if you haven't read the entire
> > book. I've been assisting Allison Hiliker in writing synopses for
> > publisher quality books, and believe me, it's easy, and can be fun. I've
> > found several of those books I'd like to read, not because of the title or
> > author, but because of the short descriptions I find on the internet.
> >
> > The short synopsis is a way to advertise your work. It introduces a reader
> > to the writing skills of the authors, and the patience and care of the
> > submitter and validator. (That's us folks.). Gone are the days when any
> > scanned book was admirable, because books were so valuable. Now, books are
> > valuable for themselves... what they have to say ... what they make us
> > think. And, I, for one, consider it an honor to introduce my fellow
> > readers to these valuable products of our efforts, and I want to do them
> > justice. And, "see long synopsis" doesn't do them justice, in my opinion.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Bob
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 6:42 PM
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] see long synopsis a waste and frustrating
> >
> >
> >> Dear Booksharian Friends,
> >>
> >> Those words, "See long synopsis," which appeared on several titles on
> >> Sunday's new books list frustrate and annoy me every time I read them.
> >> From yesterday's list I uploaded 6 books but none of my choices had those
> >> dreaded words in their descriptions.
> >>
> >> Your valuable volunteer and staff efforts have given me so many
> >> wonderful, usually unexpected, books to read, I don't take time from my
> >> volunteering reading, and real life to look up titles that refer me to
> >> the long synopsis.
> >>
> >> I also don't punish myself either to make a point by failing to read
> >> books I recognize that I like whose authors or titles I already know,
> >> just because the submittor and validator didn't take time to write any
> >> kind of helpful short synopsis for them. But, If I'm not familiar with
> >> the book, I don't bother to track down a long synopsis. If volunteers
> >> can't be bothered to write a helpful short synopsis, I conclude they
> >> don't care much about that book and don't waste unnecessary time finding
> >> out about it because I think it has a good chance of not being carefully
> >> prepared.
> >>
> >> If a volunteer cares about a book, you'd think she or he would want
> >> others to benefit from their work. You'd think they would hope many
> >> readers will select their book and it will be widely read. Why put your
> >> own book in the seconds bin by not writing an inviting and/or informative
> >> short synopsis for it? The short synopsis is the book's best publicity.
> >>
> >> In other discussions some volunteers have used the excuse that they can't
> >> write a long synopsis because they haven't read the book. By my personal
> >> work standards That already shows a considerable amount of lack of
> >> caring. However given the volunteer isn't planning to read the book, this
> >> excuse still doesn't hold up. Why not formulate a short synopsis by
> >> summarizing that famous long synopsis to which they direct potential
> >> readers. It wouldn't take too long to dash out some brief high points
> >> mentioned in that long synopsis. It's only 200 characters or less we're
> >> hoping for.
> >>
> >> I'll always appreciate everyone's work and am not targeting an individual
> >> since I didn't look up any of these books to identify the volunteers who
> >> write "See long synopsis." I wouldn't dream of trying to manipulate the
> >> volunteer community or the staff to weigh in on this issue or to
> >> institute major changes according to my personal guidelines and desires.
> >> It's my hope that expressing my opinion might result in some books in the
> >> future being given the more detailed short synopses they deserve. And if
> >> that happens or not, at least I've expressed my feelings.
> >>
> >> I assume all of us have the good of Bookshare at heart. I've written this
> >> pointed and fervent message from the perspective of both a volunteer and
> >> a reader who loves Bookshare. I'm stating my opinion to encourage
> >> volunteers to try a little harder to attract readers to their books and
> >> to make book browsing more satisfying to me.
> >>
> >> Always with love,
> >>
> >> Lissi
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