I'm guessing the latter, as I could swear I saw something in the volunteer manual about plays and screenplays not being allowed into the collection, with the exception of those submitted directly from the publishers.
On 22-Feb-13 21:36, Laura Shannon wrote:
Hi Nimit,So, does this mean only they can't add it for you or that it cannot be added at all (as by volunteers) because it is a play?I ask because this is good information for us to know as volunteers. :) LauraOn Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 9:31 PM, Nimit Kaur <kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:Hello Everybody, I am forwarding you guys the email I got from the school books email. Thanks! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: School Book Request <schoolbookrequest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:schoolbookrequest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:00:56 +0000 (GMT) Subject: Re: Your Bookshare inquiry (00122785) [ ref:_00D407KKe._50040Phofr:ref ] To: "kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx>" <kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx>> Hi Nimit, Great question. The other No Fear Shakespeare books in our collection are not plays, but regular novels and poetry collections. We apologize for the inconvenience. Best, Annie Naftel Collection Development Bookshare.org --------------- Original Message --------------- From: Nimit Kaur [kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx>] Sent: 2/22/2013 12:59 PM To: schoolbookrequest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:schoolbookrequest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Your Bookshare inquiry (00122785) [ ref:_00D407KKe._50040Phofr:ref ] Hi! Thanks! I'll find it somewhere else, I guess. I am sorry I didn't know that. But may I please ask you one other question? I saw some other series in that same publisher already in Bookshare collection! I was searching and I saw that had the same publisher. Just wondering. Thanks! On 2/22/13, School Book Request <schoolbookrequest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:schoolbookrequest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > Nimit, > > Thank you for contacting Bookshare. Unfortunately, we cannot add this title > at this time. We can only add plays and screenplays if we have written > permission from the publisher. At present, we do not have a relationship > with the publisher of this particular edition. > > Regards, > Annie Volanakis Naftel > Collection Development > Bookshare - a Benetech Initiative > > > ~~~~~~~~ > On 2/22/2013, Nimit Kaur wrote: > A novel I want scanned for my school, please? > Hello Everybody, > > There is a book I am reading for my class, it's called, "No Fear > Shakespeare" by William Shakespeare and my teacher just told me we are > going to read that book!! Obviously, it can't be brailled that soon > and it's not available in Bookshare!!!!!! It's from the Romeo and > Juliet series. Surprisingly, when my teacher and I were searching for > it in Bookshare, there aere all the books from that Shakespeare but > not this!! Unfortunately, that's what our teacher wants us students > to read. Can somebody please, please please please please please scan > it? I can't find it in BARD, or Learning Ally. I know I can put a > request for Bookshare! I hope somebody will understand my student > conflict when your teacher tells you the last minute you're going to > read this and you find out as a visually impaired student that you > don't have it!!!!!!!!! You know? I will write all the info I have > and please if somebody can scan and proofread it by March, that would > be great! I can't proofread it, because my life is really busy right > now, so please don't mind. I hope somebody can understand me. > Bookshare has always been my great novel resource!! So, here's the > info my teacher gave me: > > Title: No Fear Shakespeare > Copyright Year: 2003 > Class: Copyright > ISBN-13: 9781586638450 > ISBN-10: 1586638459 > > I am sorry I don't have more info. If you need more info, I will try > my best. I don't know why it has two ISBNsS. Does it make > difference? If it does, I will try to find out which one we're > reading. Hope that's enough info and sorry for long email. I hope > somebody understands my situation! 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