[bksvol-discuss] Re: Old Books
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:10:30 -0500
If you have mysteries, sf, and what would now be classed as young adult--kids
books without pictures and substantial plots, consider sending them to me. I
will try and get them to BookShare. I'll supply address information off-list
if you're interested.
Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Mickey
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 10:08 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Old Books
I have shelves and shelves of books. First I see whether they're on
Bookshare, then I see if I can get a good scan from them. If I can,
Bookshare gets them. If not, I get rid of them. My mom got FOUR, (Count
them, four), Harlequins a month. Now, whether I like Harlequins or not, and
I don't, they were important to Mom, and she left them to me. Someone else
should enjoy them, if I can get a good scan.
I have books that people bought from the Library book sales, and books from
when I joined book clubs, because of my greed for the printed word. I have a
paperback Ed McBain from 1970 that no one seems to have. t scans beautifully
so far. There's a William F. Buckley fiction that's next on my list.
Now, all I need to do is find the time. It's easy to find books to scan when
you have a collection like mine. <grin>
Mickey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ilene Sirocca" <ilenesia@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:43 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Old Books
> Regarding Mickey's comment that books' being old doesn't make them bad:
> Not onlydo I agree, but I make it my business to find old books to scan
> and submit. I like to share books that I read when I was a child or books
> that were made into classic movies. Not everyone will remember the same
> favorites, and it's fun to make them accessible to Bookshare users. It's
> great to have the newest bestsellers, but we know that the in-house
> Bookshare people process a lot of those, and many volunteers also decide
> to obtain them. And old books often have lovely margins too.
>
> So let's hear it for old books as well as new. A good book never loses
> its charm.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ilene
>
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