[bookshare-discuss] Re: books downloaded
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:01:13 -0700
Hi, Sharon, I was one of those people who couldn't accumulate books because
I didn't own them. If I finished them, they were sent away. What's
delightful for me is that I have a personal library or two near me. I think
of the sites as stores or repositories of stuff where I can acquire stuff to
take home, hence the VR Stream's cards, and those for my BrailleNote are my
bookshelves with my books stored on them. I think the difference lies on our
perceptions of what constitutes a "library" or "shelves". Roger, you see the
sites as library shelves whereas I see them as storerooms. My shelves are on
those cards stored in my devices. You were able to have books surrounding
you whereas I was not. What I have on my cards for me is the equivalent of
shelves of books. Regards, Kim. P.S.: I think what you say is absolutely
true and I'm not speaking against your ideas, I'm merely letting you know of
how I perceive this. K.
-----Original Message-----
From: Sharon [mailto:mt281820@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2010 4:52 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: books downloaded
Perhaps It's because many of us grew up in an era when we had absolutely no
books that belonged to us.
Any thoughts?
Sharon
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Loran Bailey [mailto:rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 10:57 PM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: books downloaded
Back when I could see I tended to buy more books than I could read. When I
saw one I tended to think that if I passed it up I might never come across
it again. However, I just can't see downloading more books than I could ever
possibly read. In the case of Bookshare, BARD and all the other on line
sites from which I can download books, they are always there. They are not
being taken away. I can use these sources as my own personal library and so
I regard them as my own personal library. Downloading a book is like taking
it down from the shelf of my personal library. Deleting it is like placing
it back on the shelf because when and if I need it again I can always take
it down, that is, download, it again. Taking more books off the shelf than I
could possibly read would be bad housekeeping. It would be very messy. That
is why I download a book when I am ready to read it and I am ready to read
it when I have finished the last one. Hoarding something that is freely
available wheneveryou want it does not quite make sense to me.
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From: "traci" <season@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 9:42 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] books downloaded
Hi all
Wow! I am glad to discover that I am not the only one who downloads more
than I may ever read. When I joined bookshare over two years ago, it was
only a dream to be able to read books online since I had done the whole
ebook disaster. I can actually laugh now when I think of all the different
sites and programs I tried using to read Addicted by Zane. Never did read
that one online! But once I got the library to help prove my disability and
I got everything straight, I downloaded Ramona by Helen Hunt. I read this
book when I was in Jr. High over a miserably cold and rainy Easter vacation
and found the love story so great, so tragic, so rememberable that when I
was thinking of a title to look for, it popped into my head. Who could
forget Ramona and her Alessandro? The first book I read that I downloaded
was Guilty by Karen Robards. To this date, I just did a check and I
discovered I have downladed 156 titles. I even reread Little Women just
because I could and yes, I cried when Beth seccummed to scarlet fever.
Speaking of Scarlet! Hmm. Maybe its time I reread Gone With The Wind, my all
time favorite classic!
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