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Old 06-03-2023, 04:40 AM   #1284
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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer View Post
I hate it when a synopsis of a book only consists of blurbs. Just what other writers think about it, maybe a short description of that this book compared to other books. But no actual description of what the book is about.

Calibre just downloaded the synopsis (the only one it could find) for a new book and it only had blurbs and a couple of sentences about the writer. I had to find the description of the book myself and copy and paste it.

Lately I've been more mindful about what in the synopsis, since I like to let Calibre add it to the start of the book when transferring it to my Kindle. That way I can quickly read it when looking for a new books to read. At some point I will have to go through all of my books in Calibre and adjust it, probably for most books. I'm dreading that task.
What you are describing is a blurb. A blurb is the description of the book. It's not just the review bits.

What I don't like is when review stuff is mixed in with the description of the book. Then I have to remove it or edit it to remove the review part if it's mixed in.
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