[bksvol-discuss] Re: Book talkRE: Re: The Lost Symbol is in!
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:58:47 -0700
Hi, Ann, thanks for telling me that story, and since I can't claim to know
you as well as I hope to in future, the story wasn't old news to me. I don't
know about the Samizdat store. I did have a little adventure today which I
relate: My friend Rhanda knows of a site where you can download Braille
books, but unfortunately, I don't know the URL for it, else I would pass it
on to you. I was hunting for Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, thinking I'd read
it in future. Bookshare has a copy with a "good" quality rating and Project
Gutenberg (much to my consternation) doesn't have that particular book by
Bronte on their web site. What I did was to search for Braille downloads, I
think I wrote "Braille download of Shirley by Charlotte Bronte" or
"Downloadable Braille books". The upshot of my search was I could enter the
site, browse authors or titles. I found my book and I was informed I could
download it in two ways, either as volumes or chapters in zip files. I chose
the volume download, thinking (hoping) I would be getting the whole book.
That is what I got. I extracted the zip folder and when I entered it, I
found eight files, each file representing a volume. I think you'll like that
site, for you can find Jack London, Dickens, Shakespeare, Aristophanes,
Aristotle, Aeschylus, etc. Thought you'd like another source of books you
can keep. Regards, Kim.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Book talkRE: Re: The Lost Symbol is in!
Hi Kim,
Well, I sure agree with you. Did you ever hear my story of how I got
my first electronic library? If you've heard it, you can skip this
paragraph.
Some ten years ago now, Phil Scovell of Denver, was culling books off the
Internet, mainly from Gutenberg. He decided to offer his library for sale.
So he put out an ad that said he would sell the library that was on an
hundred floppy disks for $125.00. These were all public domain books. I
thought at the time, that if I got one hundred books that would be totally
superb. I didn't know how big a book would be or how many books would fit
on a floppy. So I send Phil the money and he sent me the floppies.
When I received the box of floppies, I immediately put the first disk into
the computer. There was a list of all the books I had bought. I discovered
that I had purchased seven hundred and forty books! Kim, I sat in front of
my computer and sobbed! Yes, it's a wonder I didn't short out my keyboard.
I was so moved! I had purchased classics that I had only dreamed of
reading. All the Greek plays, spencer, shakespeare, the philosophers,
Twain, Dickens, Melville, Booth
Tarkington, and more. Seve3n hundred and forty books for about $.17 a
piece!
I have bought more libraries since, mainly from Richard Seltzer at the
Samizdat Store. If you don't know about him, I'll give you info.
Anyway, these books in combination with the stuff I have downloaded from
Bookshare would fill my house and spill out onto the lawn, I'm sure. But, I
love,love, love, love, it!
BTW, you hear about Mary Travers? It's a shame, we've lost an icon!
<sigh> "The Lord giveth and The Lord taketh away, blessed be The Name of
The Lord."
Take care, I'm off to a fruit farm today. More anon.
Ann P.
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