[bksvol-discuss] Re: Looking for ideas of books to scan?

  • From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:56:03 -0700

Hi Monica,

Doesn't Amazon have a Wish List feature?  I wonder if we could use it for this 
purpose somehow?  If it were under a Benetech Amazon account, then the 
organization could receive some commission off the purchase of the books.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Monica Willyard 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:31 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Looking for ideas of books to scan?


  Cindy, did you know that Google has indexed our wish list? (smile) I wonder 
if somewhere down the road we could code a page where people could buy the 
books on the wish list and actually donate them to Bookshare. Maybe peple who 
already have the books that they have read could send them to Bookshare too. It 
could be like a sort of book drive where the general public might be willing to 
help us. People may not have the time to help us scan, but they might have the 
money or the books to help us build the collection. They could have the books 
sent to the Bookshare office either through Amazon or by mailing them directly. 
What do you think?

  Monica Willyard


  Grandma Cindy wrote: 
Just in case there's anyone out there who is wondering
what to scan next, there are over 1080 fiction books
on the Wish List, not counting the Princess Diary
books or ones that re already being scanned, and 328
nonfiction books, excluding those being scanned or
spoken for. Also, Jake's site has a list of books that
need rescans (and some are listed on the Wish List,
too).

G.Cindy

  

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