[bksvol-discuss] Re: book donation
- From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli" <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 17:23:00 +0000
Bob,
Don't blame me for your flights of fancy. That far was not in my remote imaginings. Maybe it should have been but it wasn't.
Amy
omsm
-------------- Original message from "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: --------------
> Thanks Meka, I think.
>
> Revoke my internet license? Oh what a horrible sadomasochistic scenareo.
> OOOO, and you even hint at snuff too.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meka White"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 8:41 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book donation
>
>
> > OH, oh Bob.
> > You're so bad.
> >
> > I swear, I cannot read your messages while drinking soda because you're
> > going to be the death of me.
> >
> > That's it. I'm revoking your internet license.
> >
> > Meka
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob"
> > To:
> > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 3:38 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book donation
> >
> >
> > Amy, I agree with the jist of your message.
> >
> > However, it got me to thinking of ways bookshare could expand its
> > services.
> >
> > For example, in the areas of erotica and picture descriptions. If we got
> > the
> > right describers, with appropriately sultry voices to do the descriptions
> > in
> > mp3 format, we could post these on other sites that cost money (much
> > money)
> > to join, or put the descriptions on tapes to be played over the telephone
> > for three or four dollars a minute (I'm not sure of the going rate since
> > they cancelled my credit card).
> >
> > But, we could have here the makings of a vast, if slightly illegal,
> > service
> > for both blind and sighted patrons.
> >
> > Oh well, the resultant legal battles might cause the department of
> > education
> > to re-think their generous grant. But, wealth is wealth, isn't it?
> >
> > Sorry for the flight into fantasy, just musing on an early Friday morning.
> >
> > It's really not my fault, you know, Amy started this thread.
> >
> > Bob (curmudgeon dreams)
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Amy Goldring Tajalli
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:19 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book donation
> >
> >
> > Why would someone assume Bookshare readers would not want to read
> > romance/erotica [which are actually two distinct areas]. From what I have
> > seen there does not seem to be any area of interest that some Booksharian
> > is
> > not willing to scan and/or validate and there certainly is no field that
> > some Bookshare wants to read. There should be no prudishness in choosing
> > books for the collection other than those areas that are illegal, if any,
> > for libraries or certainly for mail. The only one I can think of is
> > Pedophilia in other than a psychological text.
> >
> > Amy
> >
> >
> > -------------- Original message from Natalia Sulca
> > : --------------
> >
> >
> > When you post the list, may I help out with some of the scanning? Happy
> > Reading, Nati Now Reading Living Dead In Dallas by Charlaine Harris
> > ________________________________ Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:07:57 -0700
> > From:
> > ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book donation To:
> > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Well, I've had several requests to see the
> > list, so I'll post it tomorrow. No guarantees about when I can get to them
> > for processing though... [Most of the books look like they are the
> > soft-core, romance-y books. If anyone is interested in basic erotica,
> > check
> > out Ellora's Cave publishers (www.ellorascave.com). If you're into kinky
> > stuff, try the Greenery Press (www.greenerypress.com). We have books from
> > both publishers already in the collection.] Carrie ----- Original
> > Message ---- From: solsticesinger To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent:
> > Thursday, May 29, 2008 5:07:31 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book
> > donation Carrie, I'm wondering what the erotica books are. I'm sure there
> > are several of us who would be willing to help out with those. Shannon I
> > am
> > only one; but still I am one. I can not do everything, but I can do
> > something. And, because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to do
> > the
> > something I can do. Everet Edward Hale ----- Original Message ----- From:
> > Carrie Karnos To: Bookshare Vol Group Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:29 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] book donation Hi gang, We just received a
> > donation
> > of 38 books, so I took out the ones that I thought would be of more
> > interest
> > to people. (The rest of the books are romance/erotica). Question: there
> > are
> > 3 Jennifer Chiaverini books - The Master Quilter, The Quilter's Legacy,
> > and
> > The Sugar Camp Quilt. Is someone else processing these? If so, I'll put
> > the
> > books into the 'Sell to a Used Bookstore' pile here in the office. If not,
> > I
> > can chop and scan them, and submit them to the download list. The other
> > books I took out were: A Portrait of Jane Austen, by David Cecil Payment
> > in
> > Blood, by Elizabeth George Halfway to the Grave, by Jeaniene Frost Music
> > to
> > My Sorrow, by Mercedes Lackey Bedlam's Edge, by Mercedes Lackey BSO Beyond
> > World's End by Mercedes Lackey Will try to get to processing them when I
> > can. Carrie
> >
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