[bookshare-discuss] Re: e: Re: e: Re: Wishlist Request
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:06:38 -0600
Please take this discussion to the bookshare staff.
Sue S.
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From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 10:18 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: e: Re: e: Re: Wishlist Request
What better solution is there? A better solution is to demand that all
restrictions on what anyone may access to read be lifted. A better
solution would be to adamantly oppose all censorship laws. A better
solution would be to get people out of the churches where they learn
their intolerance and prudery and their idea that they have the right
to run everyone else's lives.
On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 6:50 PM, Linda Stover <liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Kelby,
>
> I, too, would firmly disagree with option 1. The official policy is
> that if a book can be purchased in an "adult" book store, it should be
> adult content. Scion can be purchased in Barns And Noble.
>
> And agreed; the system is too arbitrary; but what better solution is
> there? Bookshare would have legal issues if they didn't put some sort
> of protection in place. The only thing I can think of is to implement
> some sort of parental consent form. This wouldn't even be necessary
> if the system were employed as it should be. The only things you can
> buy in an "adult" bookstore are x-rated books, and I'm not interested
> in those. And I'll stop now; I'm bordering on rantish.
> Courtney
>
> On 12/25/08, kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Audible is something I've considered, though I don't think I'll
>> be using it at this time. I do not have a Victor Reader Stream,
>> but like to keep all my books portable in BRF format. Bookshare
>> needs to do one of the following:
>>
>> 1. Make all of the Kushiel books adult content (which is
>> something I would firmly, firmly disagree with.)
>>
>> 2. Remove the adult content label from the book.
>>
>> It is simply grossly unfair to some of us that certain books are
>> arbitrarily labeled adult content while others are not. The
>> Years of Extermination, a scholarly book about the HOLOCAUST for
>> goodness sake, was labeled adult content until I contacted
>> Bookshare. The system doesn't work and needs to go.
>>
>> Kelby
>>
>> "Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing us!"
>>
>> --Anonymous
>>
>>
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Linda Stover" <liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx
>>>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Date sent: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 17:32:29 -0600 (CST)
>>>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: e: Re: Wishlist Request
>>
>>>Kelby,
>>
>>>Right there with you. However, have you ever heard of
>> Audible.com?
>>>If you use it, Scion can be found there, and the narrator is
>> awesome
>>>*g* Membership is quite cheap if you've never used it; I don't
>> have
>>>specific figures at the moment, but you can find them all on the
>> site.
>>>Courtney
>>
>>>On 12/25/08, kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> This makes me extremely frustrated. ALL FIVE other Kushiel
>> books
>>>> are not labeled as adult content, but this one is? Honestly, it
>>>> is not fair. I'm under eighteen, and I don't understand why
>>>> Bookshare doesn't allow me to make my own choice.
>>
>>>> Kelby
>>
>>>> "Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing us!"
>>
>>>> --Anonymous
>>
>>
>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Linda Stover" <liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>Date sent: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:19:34 -0600 (CST)
>>>>>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Wishlist Request
>>
>>>>>Kelby,
>>
>>>>>Kushiel's Scion is on bookshare; if you're under eighteen or have
>>>> set
>>>>>your preferences to block adult content, it's blocked. Btw, I'm
>>>>>thrilled to find another Jacqueline Carey and Mary Stuart fan *g*
>>
>>
>>>>>And speaking of adult content, the latest copy of the bookshare
>>>> legal
>>>>>policy I could find in the volunteer list archives spoke of
>>>> parents
>>>>>being able to sign some sort of release form so that their
>>>> children
>>>>>could view adult content. Does anyone know if this policy is in
>>>> place
>>>>>and if so, how a copy of such a release form can be obtained.
>>>>>Courtney
>>
>>>>>On 12/25/08, kelby carlson <kelbycarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> Dear Booksharians,
>>
>>>>>> There are two seriq on Bookshare that are complete except for
>>>> one
>>>>>> book. It would be nice (especially since these series are
>>>> rather
>>>>>> well-known) to get the missing books into the collection. Mary
>>>>>> Stewart's Arthurian Saga appears to have all of the books except
>>>>>> #1, The Crystal Cave. And Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series has
>>>>>> all but #4, Kushiel's Scion.
>>
>>>>>> Kelby
>>
>>>>>> "Wake up, comrades, your compassion is killing us!"
>>
>>>>>> --Anonymous
>>
>>
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