[bookshare-discuss] Re: More New Books
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:49:17 -0500
Brenda,
I expect people will have to read books in English or Spanish for now.
Don't forget that before Bookshare can support another language they have to
have staff which can understand that language.
As for how people will specify which language they want to see new books in,
I would expect people to pull up the version of Bookshare which supports the
language they intend to read the books in and go to the Browse New Books
page for that version of Bookshare. If you aren't sure what I'm talking
about, then look at the top of the main page and you'll see links for
Spanish and English. Clicking on the Spanish link takes you to a version of
Bookshare which they are translating into Spanish. I haven't checked in a
few weeks, but the last time I looked, they still had some more translation
to do. they've definitely made progress, though. I believe they're calling
the new site Libros. Eventually I would expect that each version of
Bookshare will have its own Browse New Books page specific to that language.
We'll probably have to go through an interim period like we're doing now,
though, when they add a third language since they'll probably add books in
another language to the collection before creating the website for that
third language.
HTH
Gerald
-----Original Message-----
From: Brenda Mueller [mailto:brendin@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 7:26 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: More New Books
Yes, but if books will be coming from all over, how does one browse for new
books in his language? Boy, am I a pest, right?
Brenda Mueller
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:33:12 -0500
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: More New Books
>Brenda,
>If you're asking about how the Browse Books page will look when they add
the
>link below, I haven't a clue. They don't seem to do what's logical half
the
>time, like moving the 3 Browse links to their own page instead of leaving
>them on every page or creating a page for a Simple Search then adding that
>search to the top of every page so that there's no reason to ever go to the
>Simple Search page because it's already on the page you're on. The Tech
>Advisors have pointed these things out to them, as well as asked them some
>time back to add the two links for browsing new books in either English or
>Spanish only to the Browse Books page so everyone can use them.
>As for how Bookshare plans to deal with copyright laws in other countries,
I
>explained that in my reply to Lissi. They're asking publishers for
>permission to distribute the books. Copyright law only applies if you copy
>something without permission.
>Gerald
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brenda Mueller [mailto:brendin@xxxxxxxxxx]
>Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 6:17 AM
>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: More New Books
>Oh, so how do you think it will look when they add that link to the page?
>If Bookshare goes international, how will Bookshare deal with the various
>copyright laws in other countries? Just interested.
>Brenda Mueller
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:30:16 -0500
>>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: More New Books
>>Brenda,
>>Bookshare may reside in the U.S., but it has plans to go international,
>>possibly in the next year.
>>BTW, it's probably a 99+% chance that the link below will be the browsing
>>new books in English section that you're demanding. It meets all of the
>>needs, so I doubt Bookshare will spend any Engineering money to develop
>>another method. We've asked Bookshare to add it to the Browse Books page,
>>along with the nearly identical link for browsing new books written in
>>Spanish.
>>Gerald
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Brenda Mueller [mailto:brendin@xxxxxxxxxx]
>>Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:05 PM
>>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: More New Books
>>Well that's nice that there's a link, but why can't there be a lbrowse
>books
>>in English section. Last time I checked, this bookshare organization is
in
>>the U.S.
>>Brenda Mueller
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,<bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:44:58 -0500
>>>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] More New Books
>>>Gustavo's approved some more books this morning. If you'd like to see an
>>>updated list of the new books now and possibly download a few, then click
>>on
>>>the following link.
>>>Browse
>>><http://www.bookshare.org/web/BooksByAdvancedSearch.html?titlestring=&aut
h
>o
>>r
>>>string=&sort=4&language=en&quality=0&category%5B%5D=0&operation=submit&su
b
>m
>>i
>>>t=Search> New Books - English Only
>>>If you can't click on the link because your e-mail software can't receive
>>>HTML messages, then go to www.jbrownell.com <http://www.jbrownell.com/
>>and
>>>click on Useful Bookshare Links then click on English books sorted by
most
>>>recent publication date.
>>>Gerald
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