Hi, Roger, I get what you're saying. I suspect you probably know more about using tags than I do (I know nothing about finding, employing, or attaching them. How does one put a tag on something? Regards, Kim Friedman n. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 7:51 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Got the credit and a suggestion That is exactly the problem. One can come up with a variety of categories and if we get enough categories to satisfy everyone then it would be entirely unwieldy. That is why I am going to offer a suggestion that I have offered before even though I don't feel like it has much chance of being acted on. There is a feature on a lot of sites called tags. I have found it at Amazon, Paperback Swap,Open Library and others. A user can label any catalog entry with a tag that may range from a category or subcategory to a note like "stored in my basement." When looking at a catalog entry the most popular tags would appear at the top and less popular tags might be hidden so that it would be necessary to click a tab labeled more to see them. If you click the tag itself you will see a list of all catalog entries that have received that tag and if you don't see the tag you are looking for then you could do a search for it and if anyone has ever tagged one or more entries with it then those would come up. If I sat here and tried to think of useful categories I could probably come up with hundreds. They might be really useful, but the category structure simply would not handle them and it would be a nightmare to browse through them. Tags would fulfill the function though. If Scott is reading this then I would like to suggest floating the idea to whomever handles things like that. _ _ _ "The ruling class makes wars and the working class fights them." - Eugene V. Debs Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81 The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 10:26 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Got the credit and a suggestion > Hi, Wanda, it sounds okay to me. Also, I'm of the opinion that diet > books should have their own category to distinguish them from > cookbooks which are primarily concerned with recipes. I suppose one > can distinguish food fiction from the food and wine category (I hope > so > anyway.) There are some of us who think science fiction should be in a > category by itself and that there should be a fantasy category so that > sf readers can be assured they're getting science fiction and the > fantasy lovers don't have to weed through the science fiction category > to get what they like. Come to that, Wanda, you can have politics and > government or public policy. I suppose you can have a category based on > polemics which can be termed political argument or opinion. Heavens! One > can come up with a variety of categories. Regards, Kim Friedman. > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wanda Cochran > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 7:11 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Got the credit and a suggestion > > > Hello. I got an email last night saying the book was approved and > that I received the credit. Thank you for your responses. I'm happy > to hear that this is not normal and this falls into the category of > stuff happens. I wanted to make a suggestion that a new category of > books be added to the category of books, called political or > government. I just proofed the book "Searching for God knows what," > and it was in the nonfiction and religious category. I read the book > and there is discussion of politics and since this book is for people > who are seeking a religious connection, I felt that there should be an > awareness to a potential reader that public policy is being addressed > in the book. It would irritate me to choose a book in the religious > category and then get halfway through the book to find the author is > using the book to inject their political point of view,right leaning > or left leaning, I think I should know that politics is involved, > especially if I downloaded a book for spiritual guidance. I like to > keep my church and state separated. I know politics is a thorny > issue, but perhaps any book that directly discusses public policy > could fall into the politics category as an additional marker to the > reader. What do you think? Wanda. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.