[bksvol-discuss] Fw: reminder from Will smith
- From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bookshare Volunteers" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bookshare Discuss" <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 19:31:05 -0600
>
> Another year is coming to a close and I want to wish all subscribers a
> happy and prosperous New Year filled with lots of good reading. This is
> a brief reminder of the compilations I offer free to blind and visually
> impaired readers. Feel free to add, drop or sample any of the
> publications I list below.
> Will
> wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx
> List of newspaper and magazine compilations:
> Daily:
> The New York Times (runs 250 to 350k usually)
> The Washington Post (same size to slightly larger)
> (Compiled primarily for those in or near Kentucky but available to
> anyone interested:
> The Louisville Courier-Journal and Lexington Herald-Leader) This
> comination runs 300k to 400k daily.
> Weekly:
> Mondays The New yorker (runs 200k to 385k)
> Tuesdays: Science Times and Health News (105 to 125k)
> Thursdays: Tech Update from the N Y Times and W Post
> Fridays: Slate, the Online magazine of News and Ideas (runs 350 to 425k)
> Saturdays:U S News and World Report (runs 160 to 200k usually)
> Sunday magazines ( N Y Times and W Post papers; runs 275 to 320k)
> Sundays: Book World (from the Washington Post and New York Times Book
> Reviewsruns 260 to 365k)
> Why subscribe to these texts when it's likely you won't have time to
> read them all the way through? For the same reasons that sighted people
> subscribe to print newspapers and magazines with dozens of pages they'll
> never read, but just skim over. You get to choose to read only those
> news stories and articles that interest you. All items begin with this
> search term:
> "_next article"
> and you can simply read the headline and first few sentences of each
> item to see if you wish to jump forward to the next article or setle
> back and get the full story. So while a compilation can have dozens of
> articles you might choose to briefly note the headlines and opening
> paragraph of most items and read fully that 10 or 12 items of special
> interest to you.
> The best way to find out aboutthese titles is to try a sample run of an
> issue or two, then cancel if you wish.
> Happy reading,
> Will
> wilsmith@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
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