Way cool! I think it's exciting when authors themselves do things like that, and thanks for asking him! Whether he has a copy he can email you or not, it was a nice thought, and I think we can all appreciate that he at least considered it. Take care. Julie Morales inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: mercy0421 Yahoo: julienstarsky ----- Original Message ----- From: <elcoo@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 10:21 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Nick Hornby Hello all, I have just met the author Nick Hornby (who wrote About a Boy and High Fidelity, which are already available on bookshare) at a reading/book signing for his new book A Long Way Down. As I would be scanning it myself, because I am a fan of his, I informed him of the existance of bookshare and explained how it works. I asked him if he had a complete transcript of the book that he could email me, so that no one would have to scan it page by page, and he is going to email me when he finds out if he has one available. I just wanted to let everyone know this, so that if I do get a copy from him, it should be almost flawless, and if I don't, I will scan it myself very shortly and proofread it. Just hoping maybe I can save someone some time. Oh, and by the way, for any other Hornby fans out there, he's a really nice person and a great speaker. Thanks for all you guys are doing Eliza (newish volunteer)