Dear Kasondra, Julie and Booksharian Friends, especially those who are still speaking to me after reading this post, I should have searched a little longer before sending the post about Blog and Chicken Soup books, or maybe I should have never checked out the Chicken Soup at all. First, the Blog book I found on Amazon is available for as little as 97 cents from Market Place sellers so with postage it would cost a little under five dollars. Bookshare has, Essential Blogging by Cory Doctorow and others. As for Chicken Soup, there are 32 batches of it in the Bookshare collection, , but not the one for mothers of preschoolers. There's a Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul, 101 Stories To Warm the Hearts of Soon-To- Be-Mothers which isn't in the collection, either. If anyone is interested in adding even more soup, there are books for the Military Soul Entrepreneur's Soul Teenage Soul on Tough Stuff Teenage Soul The Real Deal Challenges 1 and 2 Teenage Soul IV Teenage Soul Letters Teenage Soul Journal Teenage Christian's Soul Golfer's Soul Raising A Child With Special Needs Chocolate Lover's Soul Jewish Soul Shopper's Soul Golden Soul Christian Soul II Working Woman's Soul Breast Cancer Survivor's Soul Soul of Work To Grandma with Love Dieter's Soul Dieter's Soul Daily Inspiration Girl's Soul Unsinkable Soul Preteen Soul II New Mom's Soul Parent's Soul Father's Soul African-American Woman's Soul Chiropractic Soul NASCAR Soul Writer's Soul Baseball Fan's Soul Fisherman's Soul Cookbook Dental Soul Single Parent's Beach Lover's Latino Soul Traveler's Soul Chicken Soup Celebrates Dogs and the People Who Love Them Soul in Menopause Laughing and Loving Through Hot Flashes and Hormones Soul Kid's Soul 2 Sister's Soul Sister's Soul 2 Soul of Hawaii Scrapbooker's Soul Caregiver's Soul 2 Woman Golfer's Soul Bride's Soul Every Mom's Soul Mother & Daughter's Soul Mother and Son Soul Recovering Soul Prisoner's Soul Teenage Soul of Love and Friendship Cat Lover's Soul Grieving Soul Girlfriend's Soul Surviving Soul I hope none of you have gasped so much at this extreme proliferation of souls requiring nourishment that you've succumbed to hyperventilation. When I found the book for Mother's of Preschoolers I was surprised. When I saw bookshare had 32 Chicken Soup books I was more surprised. I thought it was unreal there was Chicken Soup for expectant mothers. Then I made the above list in recognition of Jack Canfield's ability to apply and grow rich on his feel good recipe to the point of absurdity! What next? I didn't even list more of the cookbooks or the titles in the entire series of Healthy living soup books for every ailment in the Doctor's desk reference!. Just when I was convinced Jack Canfield must have oversaturated the Chicken Soup Market, I realized there were some serious omissions.After Double checking I couldn't find Chicken Soup for Complainer's Soul Debtor's Soul Obsessive's Soul Computer Junky's Soul Curious Soul Programmer's soul Nail Biter's Soul Manicurist's Soul Validator's Soul Scanner's Soul Slob's Soul Perfectionists Soul Gossip's Soul Optimist's Soul Insomniac's Soul Guide Dog User's Soul Cane User's Soul Sighted Guide User's Soul Of these, I've got the, check the time this post was sent, insomniac's soul I'd almost bet real money that we'll be reading our Chicken Soup stories as we slurp our, you know what, at Chicken soup fast food places in a few years. How could I have ever worried that at our current pace we'd run out of books to prepare for Bookshare? As long as there's a Jack Canfield, or Canfield Heirs or corporation, our bowl of, you guessed it, chicken soup, to scan and validate, will overfloweth..or did I mean to say runneth overeth. Tell me Canfield wouldn't dare publish, "Chicken Soup for the Vegetarian Soul!" Now to confess what a mark I am. I actually want to read Chicken Soup for the writer's soul, which I own and will mail to anyone who will volunteer to scan it. I'm serious. I mean it. Nobody has to own up to this, but how many of you admit to yourselves that you'd dream up a sappy tale if Jack Canfield asked you nicely? How many of you would contribute to Chicken Soup for The Blind Soul? And one last admission. I'm very relieved that Chicken Soup for the Booksharian's Soul is served franchise free on these lists every day. Ours is nonprofit, unedited, and homemade! Always with love, Lissi ----- Original Message ----- From: Estelnalissi To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 10:19 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: accessible blogging site and improvements in the accessibility of books and information for blind people Dear Kasondra, Here are a couple of books that might interest you. I found them on Amazon, but you or an interested volunteer might be able to get them from the library. For your school project- BLOG; Understanding the Information Reformation That's Changing the World by Hugh Hewitt, $8.00 For you, because I know you have at least 2 little crumb crushers at home- Chicken Soup for the Mothers of Preschooler's Souls: Stories to Refresh the Soul and Rekindle the Spirit of Moms of Little Ones.-editors Canfield, Hansen, Nickless and Morgan. I hope everything's going well in your very busy household. It's good to see you pop in on list now and then. Good luck with your assignment and everything! Always with love, Lissi ----- Original Message ----- From: Kasondra Payne To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 6:13 PM Subject: [bookshare-discuss] accessible blogging site and improvements in the accessibility of books and information for blind people I am looking for a blogging site that is accessible to blind people. My final English paper in my online class is a blog that persuades people on a particular topic. I am going to write about the improvements in accessibility of information for blind people. Of course, I want to talk about bookshare, but I want to talk about other sources. Are there any professional papers or other sources on the topic that I could reference? Please email me any information, you think would be helpful. Thank you for all your help. Kasondra Payne -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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