[bksvol-discuss] Re: Need the Link to Publisher Wiki
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 10:14:31 -0800 (PST)
I downloaded the list and have it saved on my desktop as a word file.I can send
it to any one who wants as either word or rtf file, or I can check it for
anyone who wants me to.
Cindy
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> From: Larry Lumpkin <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 10:10 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need the Link to Publisher Wiki
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>Evan, Here it is
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>https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/3.2+B.+Volunteer+Guidelines+on+Publishers
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>From:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Reese
>Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 11:48 AM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Need the Link to Publisher Wiki
>
>Hey Folks, does anyone have the link to the page where Bookshare lists the
>publishers donating books? I haven't been paying attention to that and I just
>got burned. I preordered a book that I was excited about reading and I wanted
>to get it as soon as it was released. It was published by the Free Press. I
>don't recall hearing of them before, and I didn't bother to check to see
>whether Bookshare had an agreement with them. Well, they donated the book on
>the day it was published. It even includes the back cover and inside flap
>information, something I have a thing about. I'm impressed. Hopefully, I can
>make back most of the money I spent by reselling it on the Amazon store that
>Lissi and I have since the book hasn't even been opened.
>
>The point is that I, and you all as well, need to either just not get new
>books, or check to make very sure that the publisher does not have an
>agreement with Bookshare before making an effort to obtain it for scanning,
>either by borrowing, through Paperback Swap, or worst of all spending your
>money on it.
>
>I'm not blaming Bookshare at all. In fact, quite the contrary. I was beginning
>a message earlier today, right after this book arrived in the mail, about how
>impressed I've been lately finding so many books on Bookshare that I want to
>read coming direct from the publisher. Not only HarperCollins, which I
>mentioned before, but the MIT Press, Doubleday, and the Princeton University
>Press. Just on a whim, I decided to see if the book I had just gotten was in
>the collection, and I was (perhaps unjustifiably) a bit shocked to find that
>there it was!
>
>There are still a lot of books to scan out there, either older ones, or those
>from publishers that do not yet have a relationship with Bookshare. I don't
>know how many of you this kind of thing has happened to, but I at least intend
>to be much more careful before placing my order on Amazon or wherever for a
>new book before checking that publisher list.
>
>When I first joined Bookshare back in 2006, I got into the habit of thinking
>that if a book wasn't in the collection, you could get it and scan it, because
>that was true for several years. That is still very often the case, but more
>care needs to be taken, especially with new books. They say that old habits
>die hard, but I've gotta kill this one pretty quick before I waste more money!
>
>Thanks much for sending that link.
>
>Evan
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