[bksvol-discuss] Re: Something interesting
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:49:22 -0900
Bookshare would be far more like a lending library if they had to
possess and keep the physical books and could only hand out as many
instances as they possess. This would of course be a far harder
technical system than bookshare currently supports and is not required
under the current copyright law. However these differences do keep it
from being a classic lending library as far as I am concerned.
On 12/11/09, Shelley L. Rhodes <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Denese,
>
> This is an interesting question. And you know the Bean Library, who has
> been providing free digital books for years, smile, did a study and found
> that actually the authors and publishers get more money and more attention,
> smile, if their books are available as electronic text. The reason is a
> large one. If I read a book, I am going to recommend it to others, buy it
> for Christmas presents, and mention it to my colleagues and friends. Not to
> mention write reviews of it on sites like Amazon. Amnd statistically
> according to Bean's research the majority of people who use electronic texts
> follow this pattern.
>
> I also look at the other things I "pay" for this privilage, mainly the work
> time and equipment I have invested. If i had universal access I would be
> o.k. with that, but I look at Bookshare as a library, and I also look at the
> price I pay in the time I spend scanning, time the average person who goes
> to the bookstores and the like doesn't have to spend. Not to mention the
> cost of the scanning equipment i have purchased and maintained, and the time
> dedicated to getting books ready for Bookshare.
>
> Smile.
>
> Not to split hairs, but... the used bookstores the author doesn't get
> anything from, nor do they from the book swop sites, smile. Just a point of
> reference, smile.
>
> And actually most authors unless they are really good get a flat rate for
> the book they publish. They might get royalities if the book proves to be a
> good one, but for beginners it is a flat rate to sell the rights to a book.
> I know at least in Boston the gowing rate for some kids books is $500 my
> brother was looking into it. Depending on the contract the author signs,
> they might get royalties, or they might not. Sometimes they just sell the
> rights to the book to a particular publisher particularly if they are just
> starting out.
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
>
> Guide dogs for the Blind Alumni Association
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Reading a book is like rewriting it for yourself. You bring to a novel,
> anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history
> and you read it in your own terms. -Angela Carter, novelist and journalist
> (1940-1992)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Denise Thompson
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 6:32 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Something interesting
>
>
> Hi
>
> At risk of beheading, I agree that reading print materials- books should
> be available to everyone. However that we can read them virtually free is
> questionable. I know we pay a membership fee to BKS but is it very nominal
> and the authors and publishers are loosing money by allowing their books to
> be made available to us. As much as I enjoy being able to read virtually
> unlimited books a year, it doesn't really seem fair completely. I have some
> friends who are on limited incomes and love to read, but they can't afford
> to read the amount of books I read each year. They're limited to seeking out
> second hand book stores or going places that have used book swaps, etc. And
> because they also have disabilities it makes finding books harder for them
> because of the travel involved. So my most magnanimous self says we should
> have to pay some sort of nominal price for downloading books that goes back
> to the authors and publishers like the sale of any book. The more selfish
> part of myself says lets keep things the same. I suppose I can ease my
> conscience by thinking of bKS as a library and I'm checking out books to
> read.
> Denise
>
>
>
> At 12:06 PM 12/11/2009, you wrote:
>
> New Petition Seeks to Gain Support of Access to Books for All
> A new petition has been launched which seeks to gain support of writers
> and others for equal access to printed material. Some groups, including some
> book publishers, oppose this idea claiming it will circumvent their
> copyrights of the books. But others consider the ability to read the same
> books as everyone else a fundamental right. The treaty will be discussed at
> the World Intellectual Property Organization meeting in Geneva next week.
> Thanks to @circulating on Twitter for sending this in. Via Boing Boing
> ----------------
> "If you go without playing the trumpet for one day, no one knows, two
> days, only you know, and more than three days without practicing, girl you
> better look out, because everyone will know!"
> Today, I find myself constantly saying those words, just to get myself
> going, to not give up, and it works. Since I learned to play the trumpet at
> the tender age of 10, I have spent so much passion and much diligence with
> that instrument that I will not give up on it. Sometimes my instrument puts
> me into awkward situations where I feel like they won't ever end, but the
> trumpet gives me a lot of hope with the majestic, crystal-clear sound it
> brings to my ears.
> ----------------
> Chela Robles
> E-Mail: cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx
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> Skype: jazzytrumpet
>
>
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