[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Lost Symbol is in!
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- Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:58:42 EDT
I have definitely felt the frustration of the NLS not having the book I
wanted to read, but, no, waiting for the latest best seller has never really
bothered me because best sellers are of little interest for the most part
anyway. If the best seller is of interest, like Stephen King tends to be, it
doesn't bother me to wait for it because there are so many other books also of
great interest that have been published for a long time and that I have
never gotten around to and for the most part I never will get around to. As for
my friends talking about it, I really don't see what that has to do with
whether I would want to read a book or not. That is like trying to be
fashionable. Being fashionable, to me, is the same thing as being shallow.
"The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies
the end.
" Leon Trotsky
The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
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Obviously you haven't spent your life waiting for nls to take two years to
decide to produce talking books. There is a definite thrill reading the best
seller that your friends are talking about getting to read. The last one
that I remember having this thrill from was the last Harry Potter book. I
don't
remember the name, and got halfway through it before I gave up, but there
was a thrill in getting it to begin with.
I've downloaded the Dan Brown book but will probably wait to read it. I
hated the Da Vincci code and am not looking for much better in this one--but,
who
knows, some dark and stormy night I may want something different to read,
and there it is--already downloaded and ready to go.
Bob
“We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us
will live on in the future we make,”
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
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Frankly, I don't see the big deal about getting to read a book immediately
on publication. There are so many books out there that have been published
for
a long time that I have never gotten around to that I can easily wait. I
have not actually read a Dan Brown book yet, but there are certain reasons
that
I think I would likely be interested in them, so I hope to eventually get
around to it. But right now, immediately, I can't wait? No, I am too busy
reading
something else that is also very interesting. I also have no sense of
urgency about getting around to reading any of the other best sellers. Somehow
reading
a book because just everybody is reading it seems to me to be a rather
shallow reason for reading a book.
"The end
may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
" Leon Trotsky
The Militant:
http://www.themilitant.com
Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International:
http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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9/17/2009 12:53:48 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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Let me also chime in. Even though we have been saying oh let's keep our
discussion to solving problems with scanning and proofing, etc.
Carrie, you, my friend, really, really tickled our little book loving
strings this morning.
Thank you, thank you!
How cool is that, that we get to read this book so quickly?!!?
Indeed, as someone said earlier, "When Carrie says she'll get something
done, it's a done deal!"
No fooling!
Maybe you should be in the Senate Finance Committee and get the health care
reform deal done? [chuckle]
Thanks again, Carrie.
You know, as I think on it I think The Da Vinci Code was among if not The
first book I downloaded and read from the Bookshare collection.
I do remember I did not have all my technology ducks in a row and I got
into reading with the the basic book wizard software and it had such a strange
voice
and strange navigation. But I got so hooked on the book, and not wanting to
lose my place, that I kind of stayed up real real late in the reading of
it.
This time, it's SWOOSH!!! into my Book Port and I'm heading right off to
begin reading.
I'll have to just take a bit of a break and return to my volunteer duties
later. [grinning]
I recall just reading a pretty good interview with Brown, and a review.
Wow. So cool!
Rik
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Carrie Karnos
Sent: Thursday, September 17, 2009 1:50 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The Lost Symbol is in!
Well, I didn't make it by midnight, but at least it's in now.
The URL is
http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/116403/The%2BLost%2BSymbol
Enjoy! Carrie
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