[bksvol-discuss] Re: Adult rating
- From: "Paula Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 23:12:30 -0500
Making notations about violence or profanity in the Long Synopsis field
need not be a requirement. I think it should be an option, however, for
people who wish to use it. The entries need not be lengthy. Guido's idea
about conbo boxes seems like a perfedct solution, but who knows if that
would ever be implemented?
If Bookshare insists that entries regarding content be placed in the
reviews instead, perhaps they should provide a link, so we can write reviews
at the time of submission. It's just too easy not to bother, when you have
to wait until the book becomes part of the collection. Here again, however,
such a change would require a revision to the website.
For now, it seems to me that it would be best to allow volunteers
the option of including something brief in the Long Synopses. No one who did
not want to make such additions would have to do so. It's true that the
entries would not be standard, and not all of them would be perfectly
understandable, but than, not all synopses are understandable, anyway.
Regards,
Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "Noel Romey" <ner@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Adult rating
> The problem that I see is taht not everyone will want to analyze whether
or
> not a book is "smewhat violent" or "violent" etc. Some people would much
> rather just mark the book as adult and leave it at that; readers who can
> read adult books are adult or have already gotten approval as adults (with
> parent permission). Though you may think something is rather objective to
> me is not. To Me, the way I see something as being violent or sexual may
be
> different than another person. Writing in the synopsis, in my opinion,
> adds too many variables that we don't need to mess wtih. This is why I
> think Peter wanted us to put things in the review system, because then
that
> would allow the reviewer or reader to offer their objective opinion, and I
> could offer mine if I'd read the book. Its only one more click.
>
> Which brings up another point, should we use the review system more?
Maybe
> put it in the bookshare newsletter that its available?
>
> All the best.
>
> Ner
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