And without all the books that bookshare already had available, I doubt the publishers would be interested in donating books. So, those people who enjoyed your copy in the past wouldn't have, and the people who will enjoy the publishers copies in the future wouldn't be doing that either.
Misha On 7/30/2010 2:47 PM, John Diakogeorgiou wrote:
Consider all the people that had the opportunity to read the books you helped with over the decade. If you hadn't done this they would have needed to wait till now.*From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Louise*Sent:* Friday, July 30, 2010 5:42 PM *To:* Bookshare Volunteers *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Back on the ListI 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.
