[bksvol-discuss] Re: reviews are not synopses
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 07:31:32 -0400
Hi all,
Hey, E., here's a suggestion. I haven['t read the volunteer manual
recently, but how about if there would be a paragraph or two in there
about synopses? In there one might write something like.
It is recommended that books be submitted with a synopsis. A synopsis
is a short paragraph which tells what the book is about and gives some
information about the story or the contents of that book. It doesn't
contain any words which would give value to the book, good or bad. All
a synopsis should contain is information.
Please do not use reviews from the book jacket which have obviously
been written by others, as this is a clear violation of the copyright laws.
How's that? In this way, we keep the terminology which is correct for
what is being done, and we also explain what it is and why. If I get
any time today or tomorrow, ha, ha, ha, I'll take a look at the manual
and see what's there, and maybe I can make some suggested changes.
I was actually making a plea in all this, not so much that we keep the
terminology, though this is important, but that volunteers take
responsibility for learning about their job and thereby doing it
competently. I'm a firm believer in independence, responsibility and
in interdependence. Had a headmaster at one point in my life who
talked a great deal about freedom and that freedom, by its very nature
implies responsibility. I guess it must have stuck pretty hard, good
glue or something. <smiling>
Ann P.
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Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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