[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fiction By Best Selling Author & See Long Synopsis

  • From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 13:58:36 -0500

Most problems with submissions can be boiled down to a general lack of
concern with the end result, and impatients.  I think some of the impatients
is even justified, since as everyone knows, I have ranted about the form's
stupidities.  I just care enough about the result to make it "almost"
satisfy me, before I hit submit. <g>
Recently I submitted a book and when I got the E-mail saying it had been
approved both the authors name and the book title had been messed up.  I
really don't understand how someone could mess up that badly, but somehow it
happened.  People have to check through the forms fields and make sure it is
ready for viewing and useful to the part of the public that will be reading
from bookshare.  I wonder if having your name attached to the submissions
and validations helps you to be conscientious, or if the people really don't
know that they aren't doing a great job.
I don't think anyone expects the short synopsis to be brilliant--mine sure
aren't--just informative, and everything else needs to be accurate.
Sometimes i wonder what the author of a book would think if they saw what
was written.

It would help if any volunteer could easily provide a synopsis for books
that either don't have one, or have a very pathetic one.  I know we can
write to bookshare admin to ask for a change in a books information, but
sometimes it just seems like to much to ask them to change things
constantly.

Sarah Van Oosterwijck
curious entity at earthlink dot net


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