[bksvol-discuss] Back on the List


I got back on the list yesterday after being gone from it for a long time.  

Although I knew it was inevitable, I am still very unhappy about the number of 
books that are being replaced.  In my particular case, I've lost about 40 books 
in the last month!  At this rate, in a year or two, I will be down to zero or 
close to it and then I can hang it up and chalk it up to a decade of wasted 
time and effort.  Like so many tasks that are undertaken in life,, even good 
ones  never  last.  I guess It was a pipe dream to think that volunteers would 
be scanning books that would stay on Bookshare for many years to come and now 
reality has to be faced.

I guess we should be grateful that Bookshare is increasing their quantity (and 
quality?) of books so dramatically.  Numbers have always  been everything when 
it comes to the big picture.

I joined Bookshare a month or so after they went live in February of 2002, but 
at this point I don't know whether or not I'll be around by the time they reach 
their next anniversary in February of 2011.

Perhaps Bookshare should change their name to something like Digital Books for 
the Blind, Dyslexic, Learning Disabled, etc.  

I will continue scanning books since I still enjoy doing that.  As to whether 
or not they will ever reside on any other computers besides mine is another 
matter entirely.

Now that I've had my say, I'll get off my soapbox and go back to my scanner.  
What will happen will happen and we'll just have to accept the inevitable 
whether we like it or not.

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