My thoughts exactly. Jim At 09:23 PM 6/8/04 -0500, you wrote: > > the problem of adding classification notes in the long synopsis is that: > > They can occupy precious real-estate. > > They may be written in non standard forms or difficult to understand >abbreviated forms. > > Thus the selection box: > >Violence could have values: >none. >some violence. >Violence. >Extreme violence. > >based on appropriate word counts performed by the system, with the usual >manual overrides allowed >A similar box could be used for sexual words. > >Guido > > > Guido D. Corona > Austin Tx. > IBM Research, > (512) 838-9735 > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at: > http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html > > > > > ""<> >Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/08/2004 06:50 PM Please >respond to > bksvol-discuss > To <> cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: Adult rating > > > > > "some >" to the Long Synopsis? That would be much quicker than > waiting till the book becomes part of the collection, and then writing a > review. > > I thought the synopses were related to the content of a book, while > reviews relate more to someone's opinion about the book. If that's correct, > then it does seem appropriate to add brief notations about violence, > profanity or sexual content to a synopsis. > > Regards, > Paula > > ----- Original Message ----- >""<> ><> > Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:15 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Adult rating > > >><> But I'm wondering why > descriptions related to adult content of the type we've been discussing > should go into a review and not into the longer synopsis. I see one problem >> with that approach. The validator or submitter who had the concern might > not be able to access the book once published. We do have volunteers who are > not elligible to download the books after publication. Also, >> people use to web braille and tb topics and braille book review are use to > seeing those content disclaimors posted with the book descriptions. I know > there is no mechanism for a separate review on such services, of >> course. but it seems to me that you'd want these concerns more accessible. > If somebody sees a synopsis and thinks a book looks good, they may not > bother to read somebody's review, since they're already >> convinced they want to download it, based on the synopsis, or just the > author.title, without benefit of needing to read the review. Just some food > for thought and a possible change of policy. >> mary >> >> >> >> > > > > > --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus >system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.699 / Virus Database: 456 - >Release Date: 6/4/04
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