Hello Pratik, You raise an interesting idea. I'm sure I and the Bookshare team will be discussing how best to fullfill everyone's needs in the near future. At least initially we were most interested in making the manual available in an accessible, easily navigable format. As I implied in my message earlier, at the *moment we just have the manual viewable on the website. Thanks, Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: Pratik Patel To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 2:56 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteer Manual as a whole Jake, Gerald, and the Bookshare team, While I understand the points you make regarding the updates to the manual, it is highly inconvenient for many people to go back and forth to the web site when needing to look up/reference the material in the manual. Perhaps Bookshare may wish to consider including the manual as an official book, which is replaced in the collection whenever updates to it are made. Those individuals who download either a DAISY or a Braille copy can go and update their version when the update shows up on the recently added books list. The web site cannot be the only method of disseminating the information in the manual. Pratik From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jake Brownell Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 3:14 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Volunteer Manual as a whole Hello, A few of you have asked about a download of the volunteer manual as a whole. I'll attempt to explain why we are avoiding that route at the moment. The justification to not do that is simply that we intend to update the manual more often with corrections and additions. Having it easily downloadable would probably mean that more people would be reading and sharing their copies that could be outdated. So to ensure everyone gets the most current and correct information we would like everyone to visit the website. Thanks, Jake Brownell ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.4/935 - Release Date: 8/3/2007 5:46 PM