Could you please make an effort to indicate to us when you are copy-pasting people's e-mails, and only copy the parts that are relavent? Thank you. On 2/23/09, Robert Riddle <captinlogic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Monica, > Unbeknownst to anyone, because the books haven't been put into the > collection yet, > I bought 20 books at the Home Depot a month ago. These books are on > plumbing, wiring, > drywall, trimwork, barbecues, kitchen remodeling, brick and tile, > landscaping, backyards > for children, how houses are built, etc, etc. I also got some books on > cutting electricity > bills and creating 'greener' houses. > And thanks to a donation of 600+ books a couple of months ago, there are > maybe 16 > books coming on perennials, annuals, orchids, greenhouses, house plants, > African > violets, etc. > And a week ago, I bought a dozen books on films, and some TV series (Lost, > Firefly, > Star Trek). > And I bought a book on the history of American birding. Never occurred to me > that > someone would write a book about that, but they did, so I got it. > I'll see if I can find books on defensive driving, car maintenance, > beauty/fashion, > scrapbooking, home decorating, and flower arranging. > Our star Googler is looking for histories of the various countries around > the world > from non-American, non-European people, per another person's request. And > she's looking > for pro-communism writers too, per yet another person's request. Since she > likes > international politics, she's having a good time with these last two > requests. > Carrie > > How are you going to handle all the diagrams and such that appear in those > type of home improvement books? It's my experience that such how-to guides > don't, as a rule, OCR very well. -- -Shane Website: http://www.blind-geek.com AIM: inhaddict MSN: shane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Skype: chatter8712 Twitter: blind_geek 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.