Hi Jamie!Wish they'd tell us if they change the rules, or hold themselves to the standards they set.
Mayrie At 02:55 AM 5/23/2008, you wrote:
Well, when I click on my absolute favorite link which is the books most read, then I get the list of the top downloaded books, I had found several with reviews and it would even say where the review was from, like School Library Journal, Chicago Tribune, etc. I was curious about who was doing so many of these so I clicked on the title and then clicked on the submitter's name and it was a Benetech email address and if you looked at everything that person had submitted, a majority of it had reviews instead of a synopsis.Jaya is the person with the Benetech email address: <http://www.bookshare.org/web/UserInfo.html?userid=33666>http://www.bookshare.org/web/UserInfo.html?userid=33666There was another person with an India email address who also had a great many of his or her submissions with reviews instead of a synopsis as well.That user submitted 153 books, you can see them: <http://www.bookshare.org/web/UserInfo.html?userid=31129>http://www.bookshare.org/web/UserInfo.html?userid=31129and about 20% of them use a quoted review instead of a synopsis so either or both the submitter and validator are using reviews instead of a synopsis.Even a book that Carrie submitted has quoted information in the synopsis: <http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=43261>http://www.bookshare.org/web/SingleTitle.html?submittitleid=43261So maybe Bookshare has revised their policy on using reviews. If you look at the long synopsis you'll find hundreds of them that use reviews.Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading - A Killer Stitch by Maggie Sefton I'm an eBay affiliate, click here before you bid!<http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-1751-2978-3/1?aid=2202641&pid=1683725&sid=Email012608>Click here for eBay! (what is this? When you click this link, eBay pays me a small percentage of your WINNING bid. There is no additional cost to you.)
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