I agree with Scott. And if this book is for young adults, then someone's already determined that it's acceptable. Let the critters' parents do the monitoring and restricting, IMO; it's no one else's concern. I wonder how many kids actually do use Bookshare. Joanie ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Blanks To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 5:17 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: an adult book but not for adults? My biased opinion ... nothing should be marked as "adult content" because everyone's point of view is different. We shouldn't be restricting *any* books from *any* users, regardless of their age. Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Amber Wallenstein To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:39 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] an adult book but not for adults? I'm scanning a book called "The Bitch Posse". It's for young adults, I swear it! It was categorized under the YA section and everything, but it's got an astonishing amount of swearing, sexual references, etc. What do we do in cases like these, they are meant for Young adults, but they have a lot of swearing? If I mark it adult when I'm done editing it, nobody under eighteen can see it, is that correct? And Im worried about restricting the audience because it's really a YA book, just a very real and true one. Yes there's a lot of swearing, but that's life for some teens. But if I don't mark it, some seven-teen-year-old is going to get a shock. Thoughts? Amber