Hi Mike! Great ideas! Some I don't think of as a totally blind person, can't very well browse garage sales by myself, but I sure love garage saling! It's addictive! Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2010 6:23 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Obtaining Books to Scan Garage sales Craigslist.org freecycle.org library book sales tell friends and relatives what you are doing, some may give or lend you books If you are interested in science fiction I can send you some (in that case I would want to proof them) Misha Andromache wrote: > I just want to know how people here get new books to scan. That is, > what would be the most cost-effective way of finding and purchasing > books that I might be interested enough to read and scan for the > collection? Amazon is a great company and their prices are pretty > good. However, I've seen used books on there asking for $4 for > shipping, which is ridiculous when you can get books locally without > paying that. Also, I'd feel mor comfortable about buying the books > rather than borrowing from libraries because scanning necessarily > destroys the spines. But if I could get books for free without having > to worry about wrecking them, I'd certainly jump at such opportunities > as well. Any tips you're willing to share would be appreciated. > > Andromakhe > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a > list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the > subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.