[bookshare-discuss] Re: More books than I know what to do with!
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2006 13:23:26 -0500
the flaws to me are.
1. warped tapes
2. Tapes where one was recorded over the other so you get ghosting in the
background.
3. The wrong tape.
4. The missing tape.
5. The missing book, side, or cassette
That is what I consider flawed, smile.
Still fantastic readers but these minor flaws are really aggrevating me
right now and I do know how to fix them.
But it still frustrates me to no end.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Karen Lewellen" <klewellen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 11:57 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: More books than I know what to do with!
This is honestly a matter of opinion.
I prefer a human reader to a computer any day, and cannot understand why
some feel the tape structure is flawed.
I can sit by the ocean and read in comfort and with the kind of vocal
seasoning only a human ca produce.
I think the suggestion that a book produced today could likewise be
available today.
Still my point is that each individual has personal tastes. Both services
have their place, and I trust both will remain for those who want to
savor them.
Karen
On Sat, 18 Nov 2006, Brian Miller wrote:
> I agree -- NLS was the best show in town for many years, and still
> produces
> a superior product. Their recordings are great, but the medium of tape is
> flawed, and there is no way to get around that.
>
> I think NLS has since the 90s done a much better job of expanding their
> collection in a rounded way -- I was often surprised by some of the titles
> that would appear, and often with relative alacrity.
>
> But there is no question that no one can beat a service like book, where a
> book that came out today, can, with a little effort, be available within
> days -- even the same day in some extraordinary cases like Harry Potter.
>
> Brian Miller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "lana" <lana5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 8:42 AM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: More books than I know what to do with!
>
>
>> I don't want to dis the NLS system. I certainly had my share of
>> frustrations, and bookshare has opened up a whole new world. I can
>> always
>> get a book when I want. There's no waiting for the library to send what
>> I
>> have requested and there are books here the library never thought of
> doing,
>> but let's give credit. For decades it was my only source, and gave me
> hours
>> and hours, probably too many, of good listening.
>> I usually get things I request, but then I believe in overflowing the
> cart;
>> so they have lots to choose from. I think some libraries are better
>> about
>> filling requests than others, but with bookshare, we don't need to worry.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Julie & Miss Mercy" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 7:32 PM
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] More books than I know what to do with!
>>
>>
>>> I think the subject pretty well sums it up. Yes, Kasondra, I agree with
>> you.
>>> I'm 27, and I already have so much that I'll probably never get around
> to
>>> reading it all, and that's particularly hopeless since I keep getting
>> more!
>>> <smile> It's a good kind of hopeless, though. <smile> Thinking back, I
>> can't
>>> imagine how I got along before Bookshare. I know it wasn't fun, for
> sure!
>> I
>>> always had problems with my regional libraries of NLS. I never got what
> I
>>> wanted, no matter how many requests I sent in, I never got enough and
>> there
>>> was always a lot of downtime between the time I sent books back and the
>> time
>>> I got more...and the list could continue. Bookshare has changed all that
>> for
>>> me. Take care.
>>> --
>>> Julie Morales
>>> Email & Windows/MSN Messenger: mercy421@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Kasondra Payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>
>>> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 5:44 PM
>>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: The Wish List Has Been Updated
>>>
>>>
>>> Cindy,
>>>
>>> That list you have would be very interesting. I am only thirty, and I
>> don't
>>> know if I will ever be able to read all the books that I would like to.
> I
>>> hear about new ones every day. This morning I heard of a new one by Art
>>> Buchwald, called Too Soon to Say Good-bye. That would be a good one to
>> add
>>> to the collection. There's always new books, and bookshare has made it
>>> easier for us to get a hold of so much wonderful reading material. We
>> just
>>> didn't used to have this kind of access a few years ago.
>>>
>>> Kasondra Payne
>>>
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