[bksvol-discuss] Re: synopses
- From: "Allison Hilliker" <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:58:21 -0700
Hi all,
Pratic wrote:
">I would also suggest staying away from short synopses that say "see long
synopsis." There is no need to state the obvious."
Actually Pratic, I think the statement about long synopses is a good thing.
If a book has nothing in the short synopsis field, then I am unlikely to go
looking for a long synopsis and usually don't end up downloading the book.
But if it tells me to read the long synopsis, then I will do that.
Similarly, if the short synopsis field is especially short, I won't take the
time to go look at the long synopsis field as I will assume it's equally
vague. Also,
some newer members may not realize that the synopsis field on the page they
find when they click the title, if they take the time to read it, is
actually longer than what they found when
they first saw the book. I hope that makes sense.
Best,
Allison
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:51 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: synopses
I would also suggest staying away from short synopses that say "see long
synopsis." There is no need to state the obvious. It's a waste of
character space and helps no one.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 1:02 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: synopses
I thought the rules specifically said not to express
opinions in synopses. You're right--a review is the
place for that, and I've submitted quite a few of
them. smile
G.Cindy
--- Meka <mekawh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
This is not picking on anyone in particular because
now I don't even
remember the books where I have seen this. Hooray,
fully functional memory!
I hope that as submitters/validators, we can steer
clear from the synopsis
that is consistently more like a book review.
For example, I read a short synopsis that basically
said 'if you are wanting
some useless fluff, this will be a good book.' One
person's useless brain
fluff is another person's enjoyable book, hence why
I think there's a better
way to do it. I think that we could use the
review section (does that get
used anyway?) for that. Or synopses that have book
spoilers.
I know it can be hard not to do this. I write book
reviews with my friend
for a blog that we both share and it's really hard
to do some good book
griping without spoiling important parts of the
book.
This is not a gripe, just a suggestion, and one that
I want to follow as
well.
Meka
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