[bksvol-discuss] Re: Book reviews [was: Just Submitted three Books]

  • From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 18:26:35 -0500

Or perhaps writing a review could be another volunteer option.  Credits
could be given for writing them.

Jana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 4:56 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book reviews [was: Just Submitted three Books]


> The option to provide a book review appears when you are on the download
> page for the book.  So if you scroll down past the links for downloading
the
> book either in Daisy or BRF, and past the long synopsis, you will find a
> statement about the number of reviews for that book.  I've only seen 0
> reviews thus far.  But then there is a link to click if you'd like to
submit
> a review for that book.  There must be a shorter way to describe this!
> <smile>
>
> I think reviews would be helpful, but I confess that when I'm looking for
> reading material, it's, not surprisingly, stuff I haven't read before, and
> when I've completed the book, I seem to lack motivation to go back and put
> in a review.  I kind of think this is something that should be promoted
> outside the volunteer pool.  Not that volunteers can't participate, but
> because I kind of feel like we fool around with the books enough as it is.
> Maybe BookShare could promote having all those subscribers to the program
> write reviews?  Does anyone know how many subscribers there are on
> BookShare?
>
> Peace and Hope,
>
> Donna
>
>


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