Much has happened in the bookselling world since the rise of the online bookseller. One of the areas that has taken the biggest hit is in the proper cataloging and describing of a book offered for sale.
So for your entertainment pleasure Book Patrol has created a Hall of Shame on Twitter. Though it will be predominately populated with real life book descriptions found on real life online marketplaces there will also be other inductees as the situation warrants. You know, like the guy in New Zealand who got busted for taking pictures of women's feet in the library
Enjoy!
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My favorite description thus far is this one: "It is impossible for us to put a detailed description on each of our thousands of books."
Here are some current favourites, all culled from ABE in the last day or so. Typos are in the originals.
"Fine except for childs coloring on ffep."
"Book is fine except for alot of highlighting in yellow throught out book and cover is scratched"
"Fine except for top right corner of covers - paper covering is torn, and boards show through and are chewed/nicked (roughly 1 inch square section)."
"Book would grade fine except for some considerable pink highlighting"
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