Converting Out Dated Books!

Barbara1955 · 03-21-2014, 04:04 PM

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web.

Isnt this Redundant? WHY cant they just tell a person What the Dang Book is ABOUT! grrrr

Had to vent just s sick of this!

susan_cassidy · 03-21-2014, 04:08 PM

Is "Converting Out Dated Books" the title you are talking about? If not, what are you talking about? And, shouldn't it be "outdated"? What is redundant about that sentence? I don't think you gave enough information in your post to tell the whole story.

sqdancer · 03-22-2014, 01:35 AM

I'm going out on a limb here, but I think Katie might be frustrated by books with product descriptions like this one.

Barbara1955 · 03-22-2014, 01:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sqdancer

I'm going out on a limb here, but I think Katie might be frustrated by books with product descriptions like this one.

They Never give a description of the books content! Don't even say if its a Mystery or Romance ugh

Mike L · 03-22-2014, 05:36 AM

When I see that sentence in the book description I take it as a signal that the book was sourced from a public domain site such as Project Guthenberg, and that it might be badly formatted and full of mistakes. Obviously, they don't want to say that explicitly, partly because it might offend the many hard-working volunteers who take pains over the quality of the conversion, and partly because it might put off potential customers.

But, I agree, it would be useful if they would give the proper book description as well.

Mike

03-21-2014, 04:04 PM	#1
Barbara1955 Non-Techy Posts: 4,455 Karma: 15499273 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: WV---USA Device: Samsung Cell Phone & Amazon Fires & Kobo eReaders	Converting Out Dated Books! This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Isnt this Redundant? WHY cant they just tell a person What the Dang Book is ABOUT! grrrr Had to vent just s sick of this!

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03-21-2014, 04:08 PM	#2
susan_cassidy Wizard Posts: 2,251 Karma: 3720310 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: USA Device: Kindle, iPad (not used much for reading)	Is "Converting Out Dated Books" the title you are talking about? If not, what are you talking about? And, shouldn't it be "outdated"? What is redundant about that sentence? I don't think you gave enough information in your post to tell the whole story.

03-22-2014, 01:35 AM	#3
sqdancer Guru Posts: 635 Karma: 891247 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Canada Device: Sony T2 T3, Kobo Glo H2O GloHD Clara Libra2, Kindle NT PW4, PB Verse	I'm going out on a limb here, but I think Katie might be frustrated by books with product descriptions like this one.

03-22-2014, 05:36 AM	#5
Mike L Wizard Posts: 1,479 Karma: 3846231 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Device: Kindle 3, Samsung Galaxy	When I see that sentence in the book description I take it as a signal that the book was sourced from a public domain site such as Project Guthenberg, and that it might be badly formatted and full of mistakes. Obviously, they don't want to say that explicitly, partly because it might offend the many hard-working volunteers who take pains over the quality of the conversion, and partly because it might put off potential customers. But, I agree, it would be useful if they would give the proper book description as well. Mike

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