[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:50:55 -0700 (PDT)
Below is a list of publisher donors we got quite some time ago. (August of
'08)I saved it, so if you or anyone prefers to have it as an rtf attachment
I'll send it to you. Maybe we'll get an updated one.
Harper Collins, O'Reilly, Hachette and Perseus--don't scan their books--being
donated
Current List of Publishers Signed On With Bookshare.org (08/27/08)
I. Harper Collins
II. O'Reilly
III. The Perseus Book Groups
Imprints:
i. Avalon Travel
ii. Basic Books (renowned publisher of serious nonfiction: Warren Bennis,
Douglas Hofstadter, Alice Miller, Niall Ferguson, Richard Feynman, Howard
Gardner, Zbigniew Brzezinski
<https://mail.benetech.org/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/author_detail.jsp?id=000703>
)
iii. Basic Civitas Books (African-American & African Studies), Da Capo
Press (H.G. Bissinger's Friday Night Lights; American and world history,
biography, music, especially jazz, film, art, photography, sports, humor, and
popular culture)
iv. Da Capo Lifelong Books,
v. Nation Books (joint venture partnership)
vi. Public Affairs (joint venture partnership)
vii. Running Press
viii. Seal Press
ix. Vanguard Press
x. Westview Press (distinguished publisher of college textbooks)
IV. Hachette Book Group USA is made up of the following publishing groups
and imprints:
i. Little, Brown & Company
ii. Back Bay Books
iii. Bulfinch
iv. Grand Central Publishing
v. 5-Spot
vi. Business Plus
vii. Forever
viii. Springboard Press
ix. Twelve
x. Vision
xi. Wellness Central
xii. FaithWords
xiii. Center Street
xiv. Orbit
xv. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
xvi. LB Kids
xvii. Poppy
xviii. Yen Press
[Notable authors include David Baldacci, David Sedaris, Michael Connelly, James
Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Stephanie Meyer, Anita Shreve, Alice Sebold, Lou
Dobbs, Jennie Fields, Robert Kiyosaki, Rick Moody, Sidney Sheldon, Nicholas
Sparks, Jon Stewart and the writers of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, Stephen
Colbert, and David Foster Wallace.]
I add the list Carrie sends me of bestsellers that bookshare is working on to
the being-scanned list. Also, at or near the bottom of the list is a list of
books that people have sent to bookshare for them to scan.
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Tue, 6/16/09, Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Amber Wallenstein <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books By Publisher
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 5:21 PM
> I know bookshare will be receiving
> books from many publishers. Is there any way we the
> volunteers can get lists of books being submitted by
> publishers or those being worked on in-house so efforts are
> not duplicated?
> Amber
> Book blog:
> http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/
> I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and
> thereby have consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to
> the ruin of our children. I give
> you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your
> fate.
> John Adams
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