Yup, what Vortex said. Some of us get paid to sit around being available and looking like we're busy. Internet is OK, but god forbid that management find you reading the paper, much less a novel.
Well some friends of Buffy played a funny joke and they took her stuff and now she wants us to help get it back from her friends who sleep all day and have no tans.
Xander ,'Lessons'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Katerina Bee - Apr 05, 2004 7:13:42 am PDT #2050 of 10002
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deborah grabien - Apr 05, 2004 7:30:15 am PDT #2051 of 10002
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
Hell, a lot of us write and read. We loves our internet, we do.
Speaking of writers, I wanted to post this here (as opposed to Great Write, since this is crit). My friend Victoria Zackheim is involved in this, and I've been grinning at the site all moring.
Way to cheer up the writers you love.
And thinking about it, I'll post it in Great Write as well. I love the idea.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2004 8:01:00 am PDT #2052 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
hivemind
I am trying to find book descriptions for some of my older TBR books. Usually I just get these off Amazon, but it seems some of the books are out-of-print and therefore not really on Amazon. Any idea where to look?
Project Gutenberg doesn't have descriptions, neither do library listings.
Dani - Apr 05, 2004 8:05:11 am PDT #2053 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Try Amazon.co.uk - they list some OOP books.
Library records for children's or YA books often include a book description. The Library of Congress catalogue would be your best bet. For adult books, you may be out of luck, though.
You can always just try searching the net for the title, you might turn up some discussion of the book that way.
Katerina Bee - Apr 05, 2004 8:05:24 am PDT #2054 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
I like bibliofind and half dot com for older books; sometimes you get a zealous seller including a description.
Dani - Apr 05, 2004 8:09:09 am PDT #2055 of 10002
I believe vampires are the world's greatest golfers
Oh yeah, Katerina's definitely right! Try abebooks.com too.
sj - Apr 05, 2004 8:09:33 am PDT #2056 of 10002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
alibris will often have descriptions of their out of print offerings.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2004 8:22:33 am PDT #2057 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Thank you.
Katerina Bee - Apr 05, 2004 9:10:49 am PDT #2058 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
Or, instead of searching book sites, you could just post the title of the book in question. I bet one of us would at least have heard of it, if we don't have a first edition shelved somewhere.
msbelle - Apr 05, 2004 9:19:47 am PDT #2059 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Katarina - I am actually gonna just grab the book from home and use the blurb off of it. I had no luck online and I'm trying to write up descriptions for my bookclub. FTR, the book is Fortitude by Hugh Walpole.
I am kinda amazed that online book sites (where the full book is online for reading or download) do not have descriptions up for all the books. I'd think they'd get more downloads if people could browse descriptions. WIthout them it seems you'd only get destination downloaders/readers.