[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Keeping up with new books
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 09:37:03 -0400
Thanks. I knew this list existed, but didn't know where to find it.
Tracy
> Tracy,
>
> There's a man named John imarino who maintains daily lists of books
> added to bookshare. The URL where these lists can be found is:
>
> http://myplace.frontier.com/~bshare/
>
> He has lists dating back to January of this year available on the
> site; he sent lists to this list for several months prior to that; if
> you're interested in anything dating further back, I probably have it
> in my archives.
> What I'm doing is pasting his lists in to a word document so I'll
> constantly have access to them. After a few months, the older lists
> fade off the site, and I don't want to loose any of the data.
>
> I hope this is helpful.
> Courtney
>
> On 7/7/10, Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Tracy,
>>
>> There are hundreds of new books coming in daily. They come from
>> volunteers
>> as well as our our new publisher partners. Some publishers send in up to
>> 100
>> books a day.
>>
>> To find what you like maybe you could search the catalog by category and
>> sort the results with the most recent titles at the top.
>>
>> Scott Rains
>> Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
>> ________________________________________
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nancy Feldman
>> [nancy_feldman@xxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:22 AM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Keeping up with new books
>>
>> I don't try to keep up with new books, actually. Occasionally I'll skim
>> the
>> new books page, but not very often anymore. Instead, I go searching by
>> category when I'm looking for something to read, or by author or
>> keywords in
>> the title when I'm looking for something more general.
>>
>> More often than not, though, I know what I want to read next, or what I
>> need
>> to read for work, and I just search for that. Bookshare, BARD and other
>> sources all become a part of my search routine.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 11:19 AM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: Keeping up with new books
>>
>> Sorry to be off-topic. Feel free to answer off-list, so as not to
>> clutter
>> things up. carcione@xxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> I am having a real problem keeping up with new books on Bookshare. I
>> don't have time to check every day, and, when I do, I look at 400-500
>> new
>> books, then I run out of steam. Do people have strategies for keeping
>> up
>> with all the new books on Bookshare? I don't want to miss something
>> interesting, but there's so much!
>> Nice problem to have, though.
>> Tracy
>>
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