Hi Ray
There is indeed a list for talking books and the subscription is
RNIBTalkingBooksArena-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx The usual blank email
will get you enrolled. We have several members of the RNIB TB staff as
members to give the information we want from their viewpoint.
In their defence I would challenge Andy's comments about the poor readers
as in the main we feel the readers are first rate. A very detailed testing
procedure is followed to find the best possible ones and the most suitable
for that particular book. All are volunteers and give their services free
receiving only expenses. Some names come to mind as RNIB readers, Michael
Jaystone, Sir Michael Hordern, Sir Laurence Olivier. Dame Judi Dench. None
of whom could be called poor quality.
The readers for the Harry Potter books were selected by J K Rowlings
herself so now you know who to blame for any shortcomings on their part.
Again the ability of the reader lies in the ear of the listener. We've had
many cases where one member has extolled the virtues and another member's
polite comment is "You _are joking I hope"
A good or bad readier is a personal thing. What suits one may not suit
another but they all have one thing in common. They are the best suitable
to read that particular book in the opinion of the selector.
Come to the list and more debate can be given to it with every one either
a user or staff member.
Roger
There are more old drunkards than old doctors.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 2:59 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Info: list of DAISY books for purchase
Prompted by Andy's last comment, I wonder if there is a discussion list
for talking book and audio book readers? If so, then what I'm about to
comment on could far better be said on such a list.
Regarding info supplied by RNIB about its talking books for sale,you are
quite right Andy, they usually do not give reader details and I would
guess that if you go back not very far in history a lot of the readers'
names wouldn't mean anything to those other than seasoned RNIB TB
subscribers, that is if the reader's name was provided. That's where
experience would come in as to whether or not you liked the style of the
reader suffieciently to want to buy the book. I'd like to know, by the
way, whether the Captain Correlli's Mandolin reading in the RNIB list is
the commercial one that I have on cassette unabridged.
Some might say though that, at the price, you cannot go far wrong. These
books are very cheap and do compare with the sort of price you might pay
for an ordinary paperback edition, and that has to be a good thing.
So, if anyone does have info on a TB discussion list, pleas let us know,
and feel free to email me off-list if you can add anything more to my
comments.
Hoping all of you are having a good Christmas celebration.
Ray
Personal emails: Email me at
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andy Collins" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| Hi Ray -
|
| Used your link to the RNIB list of daisy books for sale, and while it
says
| that the HP books are read by Stephen Fry, for others, such as Cloud
Atlas
| that I am interested in, they don't give the reader, but do say it's an
RNIB
| publication which leads me to suspect that it will be some unknown
reader of
| their own! and this puts me off!
|
| Andy
| ----- Original Message -----
| From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
|
| For those who've not employed Google to find it, the link which leads
you on
| to the full list of RNIB DAISY titles for purchase is at:
|
| http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk/browse.asp?n=11&c=478&sc=0&it=2&l=2
|
| Two separate links on this page take you to fiction and non-fiction
lists.
| Ray
|
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