What materials should I use for labelling the spines of my books? [more inside]
posted by Flunkie on Apr 13, 2008 - 3 answers

I need to know which book-related web service/API is best (most complete archive, most up-to-date, most metadata) for looking up information about books given an ISBN-10 or ISBN-13. [more inside]
posted by basicchannel on Apr 17, 2007 - 10 answers

I'm publishing a book. How do I go about getting Library of Congress information to include behind the title page? [more inside]
posted by RossWhite on Feb 7, 2007 - 7 answers

How should I organize my personal library? [more inside]
posted by Eideteker on Jan 25, 2006 - 50 answers

I have always enjoyed reading the summaries that often appear in the Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data (the small type at the beginning of the book that includes the date of publication, etc.) of books for young people. Just because they're amusing, I'll provide an example:

Poinsettia and the Firefighters by Felicia Bond
Summary: Poinsettia the Pig feels lonely and afraid of the dark until she learns that there is someone else awake and keeping watch all night: the fire fighters.

Why are these summaries there? Why don't books for adults have them?
posted by bubukaba on Feb 3, 2005 - 3 answers