That is my concern. I am for children's education 100% but hopefully we don't forget about the adults as well. There are those that pay for memberships for unlimited reading and if they don't see anything for themselves, they won't pay for it. That is my concern. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 2:23 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
Robert, as volunteers, we can submit almost any type of books we choose. Bookshare is doing children's books because that's what the grant money covers. They will do adult educational books as well, but no romances or things containing adult content. Bookshare funding is dependent upon howwell they follow the goals of the grant by adding 100,000 educational booksover a five-year period. We're about to go into year 3 of the grant, so I think we'll see even more books for kids in the future.That leaves us to scan and proofread books for pleasure. I'd like to recruit more volunteers because I think we're making only a tiny dent in the amountof books for adults that people say they want to read. Our wish list is huge, and I'd really like to find a way that we can get all of those books added to Bookshare. We would benefit from doubling our number of active volunteers, especially if we could find some additional sighted volunteers who could help with books that blind people have trouble proofreading. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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