Hi, Max. The short synopsis is a sentence giving a sort of teaser about a book. The long synopsis gives the submitter or validater a chance to tell people what the book is about. It's best to have both a good short and long synopsis because the short synopsis lets someone know they might like to click on the link to find out more about a book. The long synopsis helps a person know more about the book and whether or not it's worth downloading and reading. I personally feel annoyed when I see books approved with no synopsis or one that just says "mystery" or "modern romance." Sighted people don't go through a library or bookstore and just grab up books without finding out what they're about, and I don't think our readers want to do that either. I do recognize that writing a synopsis is optional on the Bookshare form and that this is just one of my personal pet peeves. I have this dream that someday Bookshare will allow me or someone else to go in and fix the books that have no synopsis, especially with the classic mysteries. (sigh)
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