Dear Sara and Book Sharers,
My name is Estelnalissi which means Hope Is Sweet in
Tolkien's Elvish and I'm new to book share and this
list.
I subscribed yesterday. Usually I lurk longer to
learn how and what to contribute but Sarah mentioned
Star Trek books in passing in her discussion of
referencing books, and I have a box of Star Trek
hardbacks from a friend with a bookstore on Amazon.
She'll sell me any book for fifty cents each. I'd
gladly send any of these books free to anyone on
this list for scanning and then keeping or passing
on.
I don't know how this is done. If anyone might be
interested I could post a list of them to this list
or off list. Please let me know because I need to
give them back to her if no one is looking for them
at this time.
About me! I'm a retired elementary teacher who has
read braille since first grade. I'm looking forward
to volunteering for Book Share, but I'm not a quick
study with computers. I have a fairly powerful Dell,
read the screen with jaws, have a new HP all in one
printer - scanner, Open Book a Braille Note, and a
Juliet 2 sided braille printer. I'm still clueless
about how to use the scanner, Open Book and the
Juliet.
If I could only ask you one question it would be, is
it possible to download books from book share so
that they can be read in refreshable braille or
voice on the braille note?
Also, if anyone on the list has the time or patience
to teach me anything to help me become a productive
volunteer I'd appreciate it. I write down any
instructions I get in a braille notebook and save
the post in a computer tips file.
I'm an insatiable reader and with this huge new
reading resource I don't know where to start! The
first Book Share book I'm reading is Playing With
Fire, an Inspector Banks mystery. Some of my
favorite authors are Charles Dickens, Dick Francis,
Sue Grafton, and John Grisham. I enjoy reading
mysteries, suspense, classics, current general
fiction, humor, cookbooks, knitting patterns, and
poetry. I have a special interest in almost any
historic, cultural or fiction book about Ireland,
Scotland and Wales and have a large collection of
them.
I've always loved just being in the pressence of
books. I have a large print library I can't see to
read, but bought the books with the vague hope that
some day I'd be able to read them. Now their time
has come. Once I learn to scan I can not only read
them, but share them.
That's more than enough for starters. I feel
fortunate to be in the company of other book lovers.
Always Turning Pages,
Estelnalissi
