[bksvol-discuss] Re: comments about a submision
- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:26:11 -0500
I look at it this way, can a person under eighteen decide for him or
herself what to read? I would mark a book adult only if it meant that
it was clearly intended for adults. I would not mark any book adult if
that means that anyone would be prohibited from reading it.
On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:21 PM, Georgina <culmer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I look at it this way, can a person under 18 get it in the book store? To
> me its not about what you'd let your children read, but can they go and buy
> it in the store without you knowing about it? That usually helps me decide.
> hth
> Georgina
>
> I'm not a pessimist just an optimist for the worst
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Stover" <liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 10:11 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] comments about a submision
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>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>>
>> About a week ago, I submitted Distant Shores Silent Thunder by
>> Radclyffe. I was unfamiliar with the bookshare submitting process,
>> and my screen reader definitely wasn't functioning at its best that
>> day. Consequently, I overlooked the comments field; presumably, this
>> field allows you to comment on elements the validator might want to be
>> aware of. I'll definitely be mindful of that field in future, meaning
>> I shouldn't have to use a general list post like this, although I have
>> seen a number of people post comments about submisions to the general
>> list, making me hope I'm not too far out of line with this.
>>
>> The adult rating mystifies me; though by what I've seen of the
>> archives of this list, it mystifies a number of others. When the word
>> adult pops in to my mind, I'm thinking some sort of X-rated
>> novel/movie, something like Ann Rice's The Adventures Of Beauty (While
>> I haven't read this and have no intention of doing so, some
>> independent research on the ratings of books brought this up as a good
>> example of an X-rated book, though I have no idea whether the example
>> is valid) For things other than erotica, the boundary seems extremely
>> grey. The Radclyffe novel did have sex, though no more explicit than
>> that described in a Nora Robert's novel. I have seen several of these
>> on bookshare, without an adult rating. A second oppinion by a
>> validator as to what the rating of this book should be would be
>> helpful, though, if I understand the bookshare automated spellchecker
>> policy aright, that may not be necessary. I simply wanted to throw
>> this out there, since the boundaries between adult/non adult content
>> seem so grey. Thanks very much.
>> Courtney
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