My problem with scanning textbooks is their availability; even if I could find them, I'm not willing to buy them and yet they are the very type of book that needs the greatest accuracy which means, for me, having a copy of the book to refer to. I am aware that disabled student services in many colleges and universities scan books that the requesting student pays for. Do very many of these books end up in the collection? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:58 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit of a complaint
Well, I only pointed it out because you suggested people could scan it and put it on Bookshare. But I joined for $75 the first year and have paid $50 ever since and haven't been able to use the service very much. I haven't had time to read for pleasure. Don't get me wrong. I think it is a wonderful service, and probably I could have uploaded stuff that would have been better then some of what I've downloaded to read without oing the work I think needs done, but I was afraid because from some of the commentary I received when I was first going to voluntary, I thought there was a really high standard that I couldn't achieve. And while I am sure willing to work on validating, partly because of what I've downloaded myself, I was surprised to see that what I took wasn't better than it was. The fee is way reasonable so I'm not complaining, but when one joins and one pays for four years each year and gets only one or two books for textbooks, that's a kind of high price to pay when you are also purchasing books and scanning. Eventually I will upload some of the things I've scanned, but I will have to sort through it and see that it is good enough, for some of it didn't end up being full books. Or maybe I'm just babbling. LOL. Cindy Lou--Think Pink 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.-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG.Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.9/975 - Release Date: 8/26/2007 9:34 PM
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