[bookshare-discuss] Re: Missing Annotations
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 02:40:15 -0800 (PST)
The PQ books have been put on the list by bookshare
staff--certain ones are assigned to this--and at a
later time they will fill in the synopses. They aren't
validated by anyone.
For a while Mayrie and I were suppling short synopses
but it is very time-consuming--not as easy as it
sounds, Peter, because of the restriction of 250
characters. I was very relieved to learn that they
would be supplied later and that I needn't bother
doing them.
I think I did write and suggest that maybe it would be
better not to post them until the synopses were
ready--but maybe I just thought about it. I did
notice, though, that the PQ books added to the
collection today all had short synopses, though not
perfect ones--not really synopses but something that
gave one an idea of what the book was about.
Sometimes, when I know the book or have read about it,
if I see a synopsis that is way off the mark, I've
rewritten it for my list and notified Carrie in case
they want to take what I wrote.
As Bob said, anyone who had time can write one and
send it to Allison to be added--we aren't allowed to
just take what's posted on B&N or Amazon because that
is copyrighted, but we can use what is on the back
cover if it is up there.
Cindy Ro
The problem
--- "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi Peter and Bonnie and All.
>
> The fact of the matter is that no one writes the
> synopsis' for the publisher
> quality books. For a while volunteers were mailing
> synopsis's to Alice
> hilliger and she was adding them, I believe she is
> still doing this. So if
> you see a book, do some research figure out what it
> is, write a short and
> long synopsis and send it to Bookshare they will add
> it to the database so
> the book has one.
>
> I know right now I don't have the time or energy to
> devote to that project
> with the other projects I am doing. have way to
> much on my plate as it
> stands, and can't do that too.
>
>
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
> And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
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> Alumni Association
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>
> Though force can protect in emergency, only justice,
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> and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of
> eternal peace. -Dwight
> D. Eisenhower, U.S. general and 34th president
> (1890-1969)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:37 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Missing Annotations
>
>
> > Hello everyone,
> >
> > For some time I have been greatly troubled by
> the number of
> > publisher-quality titles posted to the "Browse New
> Books" area of the site
> > with missing annotations or book summaries. Its
> this brief scinopsis that
> > often determines whether I feel a book is worth a
> read or not. I've had
> > previous communications with the folks at Benetek
> concerning this matter
> > and
> > received a less than satisfactory answer. This
> problem should be caught
> > during the validation process and corrected before
> a book is posted for
> > membership access. For God sakes it doesn't take a
> week to extract a book
> > annotation and paste it in to the appropriate
> validation field. If I'm
> > going
> > to pay a subscription to this service I expect to
> have access that will
> > enable me to choose whether to download and read a
> particular book or not
> > and I'm sure there are others of you who feel the
> same way.
> >
> > When asked what particular titles were missing
> a scinopsis I explained
> > that there are way too many for me to list. For a
> while an effort was made
> > to include book annotations in the listings, but
> the number of titles
> > which
> > don't include them is on the rise again including
> a missing scinopsis to a
> > book entitled, "Raising Hell" by Ronin Ro.
> >
> > I would again urge the folks at Benetech to
> remedy this problem and
> > would appreciate the battle joined to ensure that
> this solution is put in
> > place. It shouldn't be too much to ask a book
> publisher to include an
> > annotation when they send files for inclusion in
> the collection. Now I'm
> > done ranting. Here's hoping 2009 will bring with
> it a solution to this
> > problem and more ways for us to find information
> about particular titles
> > quickly and easily.
> >
> > Peter Donahue
> >
> >
> >
> > "Given a chance to dream it can be done
> > The promise of tomorrow is real.
> > Children of Spaceship Earth the future belongs to
> us all."
> > Flying for Me,
> > John Denver
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