[bookshare-discuss] Re: OOOps! I spoke out of turn
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:42:40 -0500
Hi, Rick! Yes, it's loads of fun! <Smile> Like you, I think I read just
about every Braille book that was of interest in the school library when I
was growing up. Of course, I also received reading materials from the NLS
library in Nashville, but they also had a hard time sending enough books and
magazines to keep me busy. So now I just love the seemingly limitless
selection of accessible reading material, especially Braille books, that is
available on the Web. If you're gonna be blind, this is a great time for
it. <LOL> Take care!
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: <Rick.Roderick@xxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 11:58 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OOOps! I spoke out of turn
> Hi Jana,
>
> I am also a compulsive downloader, both from this service and Web-braille.
>
> For me, I think a lot of it has due to book-deprivation in early life. I
> remember going to the school library and practically running out of books
> because I read them all.
>
> I would order from the regional library, and I might get any given book,
or
> I might not. The library was 135 miles from our house, and unless we were
> going into Chicago for something else, I didn't get there.
>
> Things got better as I became an adult, both in Illinois and here
Kentucky.
> However, I still had to wait for books.
>
> There is just something wonderful about the instant gratification. I
> download all these books that I wonder if I will ever get read. Yet, I
> don't want to always see the same titles, so I download more. I hope to
> retire in a couple of years. By that time, I'll have downloade an even
> larger number of books and newspapers.
>
> Isn't this fun!
>
>
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