[bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Submitted
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 11:30:52 -0700 (PDT)
Oh--You as a validator can totally rewrite the short
synopsis. Lots of times the scanner doesn't even write
one--or had written a short synopsis without actually
having read the book, and I've found it's totally
misleading. If the short synopsis doesn't briefly
describe the booi or isn't well-written (in my
opinion) I rewrite it--and only occasionally have I
found one that is good. More often there isn't any.
Cindy
--- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Cindy,
>
> I have seen "see long synopsis" in several synopses
> in books from the
> collection. Actually, I was not referring to the
> times when I write a
> synopsis, but rather when the submitter has written
> it, I find it to be too
> long and know Gustavo will kick it back, and try to
> remove part of it. I
> seem to have trouble with the edit field. I guess
> your suggestions would
> still apply though.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 2:44 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Submitted
>
>
> Sue,
>
> I don't know if this is much help; what I do is just
> read what i've written, delete what I think I can
> without losing the idea, and try again. I tend to be
> wordy, as you must realize from my posts, so
> sometimes
> I have to cut and try to submit two or three times
> before my upload is accepted.
>
> I did see that someone recently just put in the
> short
> synopsis space "See long synopsis." smile
>
> Cindy
>
> --- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > difficult to do on the site when I upload a book
> > with this problem. I am
> > speaking of when I am ready to approve the book
> > after validating it.
> >
> > I hope this message is clear, as you seem to say
> > most of my messages are
> > unclear or do not give enough info. Smile.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Sue S.
> >
> > Gerald,
> >
> > Can you give us some pointers on how to shorten a
> > synopsis when we
> > vallidate? For example, how to remove those
> > reviewer quotations? I find
> > this very
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gerald Hovas
> > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 6:13 PM
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Submitted
> >
> >
> > Evan,
> >
> >
> >
> > You're correct. We're not supposed to use
> > quotations from reviewers in the
> > synopsis. I believe the reason is related to
> > copyright issues.
> >
> >
> >
> > Gerald
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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> >
> > From: Evan Reese [mailto:mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 5:28 PM
> > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Submitted
> >
> >
> >
> > Is this a legal problem? I was under the
> impression
> > that it was not
> > permitted to use quotations of this sort in the
> long
> > synopsis.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >
> > From: duane iverson
> >
> > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 8:22 PM
> >
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just Submitted
> >
> >
> >
> > The Professors, the 101 most dangerous Academics
> > in America by David
> > Horowitz.
> >
> > Below are the lauditory reviews found in the
> > fronnt of the book. I cut
> > and paisted some of these to make my long
> synopsis.
> >
> > RAISE FOR
> >
> > THE PROFESSORS
> >
> > "Beware the unhinged, leftist academic when
> David
> > Horowitz hits campus.
> > This book is a thoroughly enjoyable and useful
> guide
> > to the worst of the
> > worst in the hallowed halls of academia."
> >
> > -Laura Ingraham, host of The Laura Ingraham Show
> > and author of the New
> > York Times bestseller Shut Up & Sing
> >
> > "There are those who would politicize the
> > university classroom and
> > transform it into an advocacy center for narrow
> and
> > extreme views. If we
> > allow that to continue, we will undermine
> America's
> > ability to lead in the
> > century ahead. David Horowitz is sounding a
> clarion
> > call... Americans should
> > listen."
> >
> > -Representative Jerry Lewis chairman of the
> House
> > Appropriations Committee
> >
> > "This is the story of almost any campus in
> > America. Parents know college
> > professors 'tend to be liberal' but they don't
> > realize how truly anti-middle
> > class and anti-American they can be."
> >
> > -Congressman Jack Kingston Sponsor of the
> > congressional resolution for an
> > Academic Bill of Rights
> >
> > "The Professors is a comprehensive and
> persuasive
> > survey of the
> > contemporary university. It demonstrates beyond
> > reasonable doubt that
> > political extremists like Professor Ward Churchill
> > are a common and
> > influential presence on college and university
> > faculties in the United
> > States. David Horowitz's book should be read by
> > every college administrator
> > and every scholar who is concerned about the abuse
> > of university classrooms
> > and the debasement of academic standards by
> faculty
> > activists."
> >
> > -Candace de Russy Trustee, State University of
> New
> > York
> >
> > "This book is a must-read for anyone who cares
> > about free speech in higher
> > education. Horowitz does a masterful job of
> proving
> > how partisan activists
> > are masquerading as professional educators, and
> > documenting the damage they
> > are doing to the American academy."
> >
> > -State representative Gibson C. Armstrong Author
> > of Pennsylvania's
> > Academic Freedom Resolution
> >
> > 1
> >
> > "Articulate and fearless, David Horowitz tracks
> > the anti-American
> > attitudes and professorial abuses of students that
> > have metastasized
> > throughout academia. The Professors is a
> must-read,
> > not only for educators
> > and governmental policy makers-but for every
> parent
> > with high school or
> > college-age children."
> >
> > -State senator Bill Morrow Sponsor of a
> California
> > Academic Bill of Rights
> >
> > "David Horowitz has single-handedly done more
> than
> > anyone I know to throw
> > light on the political abuse of our college and
> > university classrooms by
> > activist professors who have been enabled to do so
> > because of the incestuous
> > self-selection process for faculty recruitment and
> > tenure. The Professors
> > throws a harrowing light on the decline of
> > professional standards in our
> > schools and the efforts by faculty with political
> > agendas to use their
> > classrooms for indoctrination rather than
> > education."
> >
> > -State representative Dennis K. Baxley
> >
> > chair of the Education Council of the Florida
> > legislature
> >
> > and chief sponsor of Florida's Academic Bill of
> > Rights
> >
> > "Horowitz's book The Professors is a must read
> for
> > all parents planning on
> > a quality education for their children."
> >
> > -State senator Larry A. Mumper Sponsor of
> academic
> > freedom legislation in
> > Ohio
> >
> > "With documentation that will be hard to refute,
> > David Horowitz describes
> > the betrayal of our young people by professors who
> > are defiantly unethical
> > and contemptuous of academic standards. It is a
> form
> > of educational
> > malpractice. We learn that Ward Churchill, the
> shame
> > of Colorado's
> > university system, has his counterparts on
> campuses
> > across the nation."
> >
> > -John Andrews, former president of the Colorado
> > Senate and sponsor of
> > Colorado legislation to implement an Academic Bill
> > of Rights
> >
> > "Academics on the Left like to pat themselves on
> > the back for daring to
> > 'speak truth to power.' David Horowitz's The
> > Professors speaks some
> > uncomfortable truths to them-to those who run
> > American higher education
> > today. They will hate this scathing critique, but
> > will be hard- pressed to
> > answer his charges."
> >
> > -Professors Stephan and Abigail Thernstrom
> Harvard
> > University
> >
>
>
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