[bksvol-discuss] Re: what's up with short summaries?
- From: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:56:14 -0700
Hi All,
There were 1000 books from the publisher Hachette that went live in the
collection automatically, as Elizabeth mentioned the problem with the
synopses is a known issue and engineering is taking a look at it.
Thanks,
Pavi
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I complained about this and was told that engineering was looking
into it. I was also assured bookshare staff pays attention to such
quality issues.
E.
At 11:50 AM 6/10/2009, you wrote:
>I love the tons of new books we're getting, but what is up with the
>short synopsis of almost every book? they cut off in the middles of
>sentences, even words. I'm not going to make a list of them because
>it's on almost every book. An example is: Synopsis: "In Translation
>is the parallel journey of two extraordinary travelers eight hundred
>years apart. Both are on personal voyages, both are looking
>for answers, both find inner peace.<P>A vision comes to
>seventeen-year-old Rosamund.
>Granted there is a . at the end of this but it just sounds
>unprofessional. I could find other examples, too.
>Just looks unprofessional, IMO.
>Amber
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