Oh holy hell! I put detention instead of attention! I'm such an ass!
Allison
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From: <mailto:allisonfm@xxxxxxxxxxx>Allison Mervis
To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 7:39 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] my email to bertrice Small
I hope it's not too corny! Here goes! Let me know what you think!
Dear Mrs. Small,
My name is Allison Mervis, and I am a junior at Chatham College in
Pittsburgh, PA majoring in English and music. I cannot begin to tell you
how much I enjoy your work! I am totally blind, and when I read your
novels, I feel as though I have been taken to a world where I can see
everything thanks to your detention to detail. I have read roughly 20 of
your books within the last two years and can't wait to read more! Many of
your books have been scanned and uploaded to bookshare.org, a non-profit
legal electronic book site which makes many popular books available to the
blind. The books are generally contributed by bookshare's users, as well
as a vast number of sighted volunteers. The collection now consists of
nearly 23000 books varying in subject matter. However, it takes a long
time to scan these books by hand. My purpose in writing to you is not only
to praise your work, but to ask if you might please consider contributing
some of your novels to bookshare in an electronic format to insure faster
publication to the site, and ultimately, faster exposure to our readers.
Any donations that you would make to bookshare would be completely tax
deductible. If you are at all interested, please contact Jane Simchuk. She
handles donations. Her email address is
<mailto:jane@xxxxxxxxxxxx>jane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
I realize that you are most likely very busy, but please write back if you
get the chance. Thank you for reading this, and thank you for being a
wonderful author!
Sincerely,
Allison Mervis
