I just submitted it and I did use the blurb on Amazon, but there was not a lot of it. I just pasted that into the short synopsis and used a preliminary page in the book with a quote from the book for the long synopsis. Lisa is welcome to change it. I think that the problem is that this was a really obscure book that was not expected to or planned to sell a whole lot on its publication and so the publisher did not do much to promote it. Not only is there not a synopsis on Good Reads, but not very many people have even read it nor added it to their bookshelves. That is a pity too. It is a 382 page book that is as well written as any fantasy novel I have ever read. It deserves being lifted out of its obscurity.
On 9/23/2012 11:47 AM, Chela Robles wrote:
I'm changing the subject line so that way it can not throw anyone off.Yes you can use the synopses from the product in Amazon from the publisher's description...but, you can't use user comments.-- "Passion is a great motivator. Music is a life-long learning experience." -- Chela Robles Facebook/Linked-In/E-mail/AIM/GoogleTalk:cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx Windows Live Messenger:cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxxxx E-Buddy ID/Twitter: cdrobles693 Skype: jazzytrumpet Learning Ally Blog A Lady And Her Trumpet feel free to post comments by filling out the form on the page at:http://t.co/4f2u5tf I volunteer for Bookshare, to find out more and to volunteer with us,visit:http://www.bookshare.org/ Need more space, come join dropbox and start with two gigs of free space and 500 Megabytes as is this is my referral link to you:http://db.tt/XpUTe0E -- On 9/23/2012 8:42 AM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:I thought that a long time ago we were instructed on this list to not use synopsis information from Amazon. It has been a long time now, so perhaps I am remembering wrong and it was just part of what you find on Amazon that we were not to use.On 9/23/2012 9:36 AM, Mark Lind-Hanson wrote:Roger You can also use the Product Description (if there is one) from Amazon.DO NOT use any reader reviews or other content, which would be considered copyrightable.Mark Lind-Hanson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *From:* FreeLists Mailing List Manager <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *To:* bksvol-discuss digest users <ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:09 PM *Subject:* bksvol-discuss Digest V9 #276 bksvol-discuss Digest Sat, 22 Sep 2012 Volume: 09 Issue: 276 In This Issue: [bksvol-discuss] About to submit a fantasy. [bksvol-discuss] Re: About to submit a fantasy. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:23:12 -0400From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <mailto:rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] About to submit a fantasy.I know that there are at least a couple of big time fantasy fans on thislist, so I am going to give one of you a crack at this. I will soon be submitting The Thief of Kalimar by Graham Diamond. I don't think that you will find very many scanning errors, but I am going to leave the formatting up to you. I may leave the synopsis up to you too. The backcover did not scan and I do not find a synopsis on Good Reads, so I will either have to write the synopsis myself or leave it to the proofer and,as for me, I have been working on this so long that I will be glad to finish and I don't know if I want to compose a synopsis too. I supposeit remains to be seen if one will be filled in when I upload it. Anyway,here is basically what it is about. There is a thief who lives on the streets of a walled city in what amounts to a ghetto and he is barely scraping by with his lover who is a dancing girl. A stranger passes through town and the couple find themselves becoming travelingcompanions with him. Many dangers are faced in this fantasy land and the book culminates in the defeat of an evil empire. Pretty standard fantasyfare, eh? Oh yes, prepare yourself for magic too. More standard fantasy fare, eh? I will let the first person who asks for it have it. I willprobably be uploading it tomorrow and if no one has requested it by thenI will throw it up for grabs. ------------------------------From: Lisa Gorden-Cushman <crysania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:crysania@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: About to submit a fantasy. Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 21:33:58 -0700Hi Roger, if no one has claimed it yet I would be very interested in proofing it. Let me know what you think thanks, LisaSent from my iPhoneOn Sep 22, 2012, at 6:23 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <mailto:rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>> wrote:> I know that there are at least a couple of big time fantasy fans on this list, so I am going to give one of you a crack at this. I will soon be submitting The Thief of Kalimar by Graham Diamond. I don't think that you will find very many scanning errors, but I am going to leave the formatting up to you. I may leave the synopsis up to you too. The back cover did not scan and I do not find a synopsis on Good Reads, so I will either have to write the synopsis myself or leave it to the proofer and, as for me, I have been working on this so long that I will be glad to finish and I don't know if I want to compose a synopsis too. I suppose it remains to be seen if one will be filled in when I upload it. Anyway, here is basically what it is about. There is a thief who lives on the streets of a walled city in what amounts to a ghetto and he is barely scraping by with his lover who is a dancing girl. A stranger passes through town and the couple find themselves becoming traveling com panions with him. Many dangers are faced in this fantasy land and the book culminates in the defeat of an evil empire. Pretty standard fantasy fare, eh? Oh yes, prepare yourself for magic too. More standard fantasy fare, eh? I will let the first person who asks for it have it. I will probably be uploading it tomorrow and if no one has requested it by then I will throw it up for grabs.> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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