[bookshare-discuss] Re: Bookshare's Purpose in Your Eyes
- From: "Gerald Mackowiak" <gmackowiak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 20:40:14 -0700
You don't pre-view a book, you re-view it.
The question was brought up about the synopses for books, or the lack
thereof. Synopses are provided by the submitter or validator. I only
mentioned the review page because it does give us the opportunity to talk
more about the books we read. We are the ones who can contribute more to
the Bookshare system than anyone else. We are the ones who help increase
the quality of the selection. It really is not that difficult to submit a
review. If we are not willing to take the time to add to the site, we have
no business complaining if we are dissatisfied with the synopses.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Baechler" <bookshare@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 11:23 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Bookshare's Purpose in Your Eyes
> At 08:53 AM 6/9/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >1. It is possible for users/readers to change information about a book.
> >There is a review page. I am surprised that these are not used by
readers.
>
> I was aware of the review page and frankly I don't use it either. For one
> thing, how are you supposed to pre-review a book? In other words, you
know
> nothing about the book because you have not read it. So, how are you
> supposed to comment on it? When you have read the book, you have to look
> up either the title or the bookshare ID and go back to the download page
to
> write a review. Also, I doubt if I would read the reviews anyway. Maybe
> others would though and there have been some books which I would like to
> review, but it is a pain. I am not going to search for each individual
> title just so I can write a review. If it happens to still be on the new
> books page, that would be an exception but I usually take months before I
> read any particular title, so it is long gone by then.
>
> >2. As for magazines, I am not sure, but think this may be restricted by
the
> >copyright regulations. I only recall seeing one magazine come up on the
> >site. This was a "Braille Mirror".
>
> I saw that also. I am almost positive that the copyright laws are not an
> issue. The NLS makes their magazines available under the same rules as
> bookshare.org makes its books available so I doubt if that is an
> issue. Mary pointed out though that it would be difficult to scan them
> because of ads and such, so I can see the point, but it would still be
nice
> to get them in a permanent, accessible form. As far as the science
fiction
> magazines you mentioned, how much do they cost? I considered getting them
> from NLS but they were only in cassette format.
>
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