I have shelves and shelves of books. First I see whether they're on Bookshare, then I see if I can get a good scan from them. If I can, Bookshare gets them. If not, I get rid of them. My mom got FOUR, (Count them, four), Harlequins a month. Now, whether I like Harlequins or not, and I don't, they were important to Mom, and she left them to me. Someone else should enjoy them, if I can get a good scan.
I have books that people bought from the Library book sales, and books from when I joined book clubs, because of my greed for the printed word. I have a paperback Ed McBain from 1970 that no one seems to have. t scans beautifully so far. There's a William F. Buckley fiction that's next on my list.
Now, all I need to do is find the time. It's easy to find books to scan when you have a collection like mine. <grin>
Mickey----- Original Message ----- From: "Ilene Sirocca" <ilenesia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:43 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Old Books
Regarding Mickey's comment that books' being old doesn't make them bad: Not onlydo I agree, but I make it my business to find old books to scan and submit. I like to share books that I read when I was a child or books that were made into classic movies. Not everyone will remember the same favorites, and it's fun to make them accessible to Bookshare users. It's great to have the newest bestsellers, but we know that the in-house Bookshare people process a lot of those, and many volunteers also decide to obtain them. And old books often have lovely margins too.So let's hear it for old books as well as new. A good book never loses its charm.Regards, Ilene To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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