[bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent Four Books to Bookshare for Scanning

  • From: wvusuperfan22@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:29:23 +0000

Hi:

After Twilight, the next book is New Moon.  There is also another sequel coming 
out in August called Eclipse but both Twlight and New Moon are out now.  I 
really have een wanting to read both these books and I was hoping someone would 
scan them.

Thanks a lot!!
Kerri

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Hi Lissi, 
> 
> Ah, I didn't realize that about the black marks. I assumed they might be 
> visible when scanning, which would defeat our purposes. 
> 
> Let me take a look again, and perhaps I'll grab Low Red Moon as well. 
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion. 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi 
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 6:30 PM 
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent Four Books to Bookshare for Scanning 
> 
> Dear Laura, 
> 
> I'm a book impulse buyer, too and get many books, CDs and even DVDs from 
> Amazon and buy almost exclusively from the marketplace sellers. I'm not 
> encouraging you to do anything you don't feel confident about, but will 
> share my experience with you. 
> 
> In 3 years of steadily buying from Amazon's independent sellers, I've only 
> gotten one inexpensive DVD that wasn't in great condition. The black 
> remainder marks are lines drawn across the outside of the page edges. They 
> don't show when you open the book and won't interfere with your scanning. 
> It's hard to explain, but those black marks only show when the book is 
> closed. Since I'm usually buying books which I'll donate after using them to 
> scan or validate, I like buying from the other sellers because their low 
> prices make it affordable for me to get 2 or 3 times as many books as I'd 
> get paying Amazon's prices. 
> 
> Best of luck with whatever you do or buy next. 
> 
> Always with love, 
> 
> Lissi 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Lora" 
> To: 
> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 8:05 PM 
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent Four Books to Bookshare for Scanning 
> 
> 
> > Hi Scott, 
> > 
> > I was able to cancel Threshold. Thanks for letting me know you had it. 
> > 
> > I've decided not to grab Low Red Moon at this time. The two inexpensive 
> > ones both say things like: May have remainder mark, or may have black 
> > mark 
> > at bottom of pages. Neither sounds good for scanning. If you do get this 
> > title, let me know, as I'll be keeping an eye out for it. 
> > 
> > My only request is that you put Hold for Lora in the title for Threshold, 
> > and scan it soon. I'm intrigued by that book. 
> > 
> > As for me, I'm going to add some Nancy Collins to the order instead. I've 
> > always thought Sunglasses After Dark should be in the collection, and all 
> > its sequels. 
> > 
> > -----Original Message----- 
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Blanks 
> > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 5:40 PM 
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent Four Books to Bookshare for Scanning 
> > 
> > Hey Laura, 
> > 
> > No worries about the mix up. As is often said, these things happen. 
> > 
> > You're right ... if you completed the Amazon order today, you would almost 
> > certainly be able to nix the Kiernan book. If you do in fact take that 
> > step, 
> > I vote for Low Red Moon. According to Amazon, it is only available used 
> > from 
> > Amazon's third party sellers, so you never know what you'll get when you 
> > order that way, but my experience, having been a frequent Amazon patron, 
> > is 
> > that the third party folks are mostly quality sellers. 
> > 
> > If you have any other horror-related requests, feel free to throw them out 
> > to the list. I scan almost exclusively in that genre, and there are other 
> > fans of the creepy books on list as well. 
> > 
> > Scott 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Lora" 
> > To: 
> > Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 4:30 PM 
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent Four Books to Bookshare for Scanning 
> > 
> > 
> >> Sorry, Scott. Guess I missed the question about Kiernan back in 
> >> February. 
> >> I did check Bookshare and saw Murder of Angels there, as well as Silk, so 
> >> I 
> >> didn't even consider those. 
> >> 
> >> My sincere apologies, and I will query next time. I was impulse 
> >> shopping, 
> > 
> >> I 
> >> suppose, and since I hadn't seen anything on the list recently about her, 
> >> I 
> >> thought I was good. 
> >> 
> >> I doubt the order has shipped. I could remove that one and choose 
> >> another. 
> >> Have any preferences? 
> >> 
> >> -----Original Message----- 
> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Blanks 
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 5:18 PM 
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Sent Four Books to Bookshare for Scanning 
> >> 
> >> Hey Laura, 
> >> 
> >> Wish you would have given some warning time before ordering those as I've 
> >> already got the Kiernan novel in my possession and will be scanning it 
> >> within the next couple days. 
> >> 
> >> Also, I'm not certain if you were on either bookshare list back in early 
> >> February, but I specifically asked whether anyone planned on submitting 
> >> any 
> >> of Kiernan's works at that time. I didn't see any responses, so I went 
> >> ahead 
> >> and ordered Murder of Angels, and Threshold. Angels is already part of 
> >> the 
> >> collection. 
> >> 
> >> Maybe in the future you could query the lists before completing the 
> >> online 
> >> order, thus avoiding the duplication. 
> >> 
> >> Scott 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Lora" 
> >> To: 
> >> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 3:54 PM 
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Sent Four Books to Bookshare for Scanning 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Hi, 
> >> 
> >> I just ordered four books from Amazon.com today. They'll be at Bookshare 
> >> by 
> >> May 5, according to Amazon. I just wanted to let folks know, so that we 
> >> didn't duplicate effort. The Russ Kick book looks good; apparently he's 
> >> done several disinformation books. I started with the most intriguing, 
> >> but 
> >> other titles by him look good. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> --- 
> >> 
> >> 1 
> >> "Twilight" 
> >> Stephenie Meyer; Paperback; $8.99 
> >> 
> >> 2 
> >> "Threshold" 
> >> Caitlin R. Kiernan; Paperback; $6.99 
> >> 
> >> 3 
> >> "Everything You Know About Sex Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to the 
> >> Extremes of Human Sexuality (And Everything in Between)" 
> >> Russ Kick; Paperback; $16.47 
> >> 
> >> 4 
> >> "Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale" 
> >> Holly Black; Hardcover; $11.55 
> >> 
> >> 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. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> No virus found in this incoming message. 
> >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. 
> >> Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/778 - Release Date: 4/27/2007 
> >> 1:39 PM 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 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. 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> No virus found in this incoming message. 
> >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. 
> >> Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.1/778 - Release Date: 4/27/2007 
> >> 1:39 PM 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 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. 
> 
> 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. 
> 

Other related posts: