I used to find loads too, but not for the past few days. Maybe the
companies which are dumping will be done for a while, and we can get back to
getting good books. It's okay if you know the book or author you want, but
new books? Forget it.
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From: Karen Lewellen
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 3:33 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: What happened to fiction?
Well, speaking only for myself, I have no issues finding loads of fiction
at Bookshare.
for me nls and bookshare can work in harmony as I find items in one that I
do not find in the other. further nls does not provide text and bookshare
does.
still, your idea of fiction and mine may be different. likewise our
methods of searching.
Kare
On Mon, 27 Mar 2017, lana wrote:
Depends on the kind of fiction you like. Bookshare has given me tuns and tuns more than Bard, though the latter’s reading experience is more pleasant.
From: JOHN HUFFMAN
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 9:17 AM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: What happened to fiction?
As a personal comment,
I don’t rely on Bookshare for fiction, except in very rare cases. I’ve actually told friends that there’s more fiction on BARD and at NLS in general than I could read in ten lifetimes. . Where I have found Bookshare worth the membership is in the realms of history, biography and religion. Many such books are likely to make their way into an NLS catalog belatedly, if at all.
Again, this is purely a personal view, and we each have our own.
Cheers! JH
From: lana [mailto:lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 10:26 AM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] What happened to fiction?
It’s nice that bookshare has so many nonfiction books which must be helpful for professionals, and I understand that some publishers dump books on us for reasons of their own, but where did the fiction go, and how do I find it among thousands of technical books? Where is the Bookshare I have known and loved for years?
