How do you sign up for these newspapers and magazines? Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Bookshare Volunteers" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Bookshare Discuss" <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 26, 2004 7:31 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: reminder from Will smith > > > > Another year is coming to a close and I want to wish all subscribers a > > happy and prosperous New Year filled with lots of good reading. This is > > a brief reminder of the compilations I offer free to blind and visually > > impaired readers. Feel free to add, drop or sample any of the > > publications I list below. > > Will > > wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx > > List of newspaper and magazine compilations: > > Daily: > > The New York Times (runs 250 to 350k usually) > > The Washington Post (same size to slightly larger) > > (Compiled primarily for those in or near Kentucky but available to > > anyone interested: > > The Louisville Courier-Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader) This > > comination runs 300k to 400k daily. > > Weekly: > > Mondays The New yorker (runs 200k to 385k) > > Tuesdays: Science Times and Health News (105 to 125k) > > Thursdays: Tech Update from the N Y Times and W Post > > Fridays: Slate, the Online magazine of News and Ideas (runs 350 to 425k) > > Saturdays:U S News and World Report (runs 160 to 200k usually) > > Sunday magazines ( N Y Times and W Post papers; runs 275 to 320k) > > Sundays: Book World (from the Washington Post and New York Times Book > > Reviewsruns 260 to 365k) > > Why subscribe to these texts when it's likely you won't have time to > > read them all the way through? For the same reasons that sighted people > > subscribe to print newspapers and magazines with dozens of pages they'll > > never read, but just skim over. You get to choose to read only those > > news stories and articles that interest you. All items begin with this > > search term: > > "_next article" > > and you can simply read the headline and first few sentences of each > > item to see if you wish to jump forward to the next article or setle > > back and get the full story. So while a compilation can have dozens of > > articles you might choose to briefly note the headlines and opening > > paragraph of most items and read fully that 10 or 12 items of special > > interest to you. > > The best way to find out aboutthese titles is to try a sample run of an > > issue or two, then cancel if you wish. > > Happy reading, > > Will > > wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > > >