[bksvol-discuss] A Book Swap Site, WAS: Re: Re: Wrote just now to Pavi
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:17:44 -0600
Hi Monica, Kim, and everyone!
This summer in a webcrawler search, I just happened upon this site. You
can swap books, music, dvds,and games.
I don't know how good it is, but it may be something people might want to
do when looking for books or want to get rid of books that are no longer
wanted. It might be easier than always having to buy a book or depend on
your local library to have it.
http://www.swaptree.com/home/
I just noticed a link that says:
86997 books
Here is a link to the categories of books they have to aid you in searching.
http://www.swaptree.com/books/categories/
If any of you swap books through this site, please tell us how you like
it. I am curious.
Debby
At 02:38 PM 11/2/2009, Monica Willyard wrote
Kim, I think you make people happy by choosing books that make you happy.
I know Roger's desire is to be helpful and let you know about the wish
list. What he says makes sense. I think our community is so large and
diverse that there are bound to be many members who like the things you
put into the collection. Yes, we have a large and active wish list. That
doesn't mean you necessarily want to read or pay for what someone else is
wishing for. By purchasing books you want to read, you are actively taking
steps to fill your own wish list requests. You're not adding books to the
ever-expanding wish list; you're taking a tangible step toward getting
them into the collection. So the net result seems to be the same. (smile)
I think my email may sound somewhat stern. I don't intend that and think I
should explain why I'm saying these things. The nature of our wish list is
that there are some people who have requested over 100 books at a time
while being unwilling to help get them into the collection, whether
through volunteering to proofread or by providing the books to be scanned.
I'm not referring to people who physically can't volunteer or to people
who request books and who help with the proofreading. In theory, I do want
those hundreds of books to be added to Bookshare, no matter who requested
them, because I want everyone to be able to access any book they wish.
Still the reality is that the burden of buying, locating, and/or scanning
these books falls on our shoulders. This also means that if we spend our
time and money on these books, we can't spend our time and money working
on books that are important to us. So I feel frustrated when someone says
that a volunteer should spend money working on the wish list books instead
of buying her own to make people happy.
When I get books from Amazon or Paperback Swap, I tend to get 2 books for
me and 1 book from the Bookshare wish list. Even then, I primarily use my
credits on books I'm willing to read so I can prepare my scan well. I'll
take books somewhat outside my interests if the request is clearly for a
student or an adult needing a book for their employment.
I used to try to be totally fair, doing a book for me and then a book for
someone else, whether I liked it or not. I've taken on books in the past
that didn't interest me at all, and I found that proofreading them was
rather like pulling out my eyelashes strand by strand. I felt drained and
burned out pretty quickly. Now I focus on what I do well and trust that
others with interests in other areas will do likewise. Sue and Jill taught
me to do this, and I am so grateful that they taught me how to keep from
overwhelming myself.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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