Hey Lissi,
Actually RFB&D will not have Half Blood Prince until the Monday
following the Saturday release, at least that's what the original press
release said. You must have missed the BookShare announcement a while
back.
It's still on the home page, down below the conference and search news
items.
BookShare has promised to have Half Blood Prince up by Saturday afternoon,
just like they did with Order of the Phoenix (less than 12 hours after
publication).
Definitely couldn't ask for much more, although Gustavo, how about some
site
stats after that day? How many BookShare subscribers login and download
HPHBP on its release date? Anybody up for a pool on the numbers? *grin*
I'm actually off to read some HP Fan fiction now...
Cheers!
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 11:52 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Harry Potter, When?
Dear Volunteers,
I loved the first 3 HP books. Though the deaths in the fourth and fifth
books really upset me, I can't help myself about wanting to know how the
story continues in the upcoming sixth volume.
Thanks to National Braille Press, I could afford to buy the first 5
books
in the series in paper braille and have prepaid to receive, HP and the
Half
Blood Prince. It takes a few weeks for NBP to produce and mail out the
paper
braille editions. I read that Recordings for the Blind and Dyslexic is
having a marathon volunteer session to make it available within 24 hours
of
it's official midnight release. I didn't invest in becoming a subscriber
to
recorded books because Book Share has such a wealth of choices to augment
NLS offerings, I can't read fast enough now and I'm so happily occupied
that
investing in another book source seems absurd right now unless I can get
a
time turner like Hermione in HP and fit more hours in the day.
I am writing to ask if any of you know if book share has plans to make a
special project of preparing Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
quickly
so we can listen to it, or in my case, transfer it to read in braille on
my
braille note, soon after its release. I know I could pre order the
unabridged audio version and collect it at midnight with the other HP
enthusiasts, but I enjoy books so much more when I read them in braille.
If
it means waiting to read it in braille first, I'll gladly do it. However,
I
had to ask. It would be fun to participate in the frenzied discussions
that
abound when the excited Rowlings fans get the book and often stay up all
night reading it.
This question wasn't meant to be pushy or demanding. I'm so grateful for
book share's huge selection of books I can now read in braille. I was
just
curious and wanted to know so I can imagine the release date
realistically.
Always With Love,
Lissi
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