Hi Kelly, Please do send me the letter. You can attach it as a Word doc and send it to me at: Jakon22@xxxxxxxxx Thanks so much for your help. Have a great weekend. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2012 4:20 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: contacting authors James, Bookshare staff has asked us not to contact authors and publishers on behalf of Bookshare. However, I have contacted authors as a person with a disability about the inaccessibility of their books, mentioning Bookshare as a solution. I refer folks to robin Seaman, the publisher liaison providing her address and telephone number. I then follow up with robin to contact the author as well. I will send you my model letter. Kelly On 2/25/12, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Bookshare expressly asks us not to contact authors or publishers about > getting books into the collection. Bookshare has its own publisher > liaison who handles those kind of matters. The publisher liaison has > also told us that it is pretty much pointless to try to get specific > books donated, but it might be possible to get the publisher to donate > those titles along with any other titles they might supply. > > On 2/25/2012 2:50 PM, James wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> My names is James Koneachne. >> >> I'm a new bookshare volunteer and a Braille reading and writing >> instructor at a blindness training center in Maryland. >> >> I'm writing with a question I hope some of you can help me with. >> >> I've recently read "Cracking the Hidden Job Market" by Donald Asher. >> >> Its a great book for job seekers and I'd highly recommend it. >> >> Anyway, I'd like to contact Donald to get a copy of his other books >> for the bookshare collection. >> >> Has anyone had success contacting authors before? >> >> If so, can you offer tips? >> >> What types of book formats do you need the files to be in if the >> author is willing to donate them? >> >> Thanks in advance for all of your help. >> >> Have a great weekend. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> James K >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.