[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: reminder from Will smith

  • From: "Lisa Leonardi" <lml5280@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 14:08:43 -0600

How do you sign up for these newspapers and magazines?

Lisa
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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
> >
> >
>
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