LOL. G.Cindy --- On Fri, 5/30/08, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Amy, I agree with the jist of your message. > > However, it got me to thinking of ways bookshare could > expand its services. > > For example, in the areas of erotica and picture > descriptions. If we got the right describers, with > appropriately sultry voices to do the descriptions in mp3 > format, we could post these on other sites that cost money > (much money) to join, or put the descriptions on tapes to > be played over the telephone for three or four dollars a > minute (I'm not sure of the going rate since they > cancelled my credit card). > > But, we could have here the makings of a vast, if slightly > illegal, service for both blind and sighted patrons. > > Oh well, the resultant legal battles might cause the > department of education to re-think their generous grant. > But, wealth is wealth, isn't it? > > Sorry for the flight into fantasy, just musing on an early > Friday morning. > > It's really not my fault, you know, Amy started this > thread. > > Bob (curmudgeon dreams) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Amy Goldring Tajalli > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 9:19 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book donation > > > Why would someone assume Bookshare readers would not > want to read romance/erotica [which are actually two > distinct areas]. From what I have seen there does not seem > to be any area of interest that some Booksharian is not > willing to scan and/or validate and there certainly is no > field that some Bookshare wants to read. There should be > no prudishness in choosing books for the collection other > than those areas that are illegal, if any, for libraries or > certainly for mail. The only one I can think of is > Pedophilia in other than a psychological text. > > Amy > > > -------------- Original message from Natalia Sulca > <youngbeautyqueen@xxxxxxxxxxx>: -------------- > > > When you post the list, may I help out with some of the > scanning? Happy Reading, Nati Now Reading Living Dead In > Dallas by Charlaine Harris ________________________________ > Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 18:07:57 -0700 From: > ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book > donation To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Well, I've > had several requests to see the list, so I'll post it > tomorrow. No guarantees about when I can get to them for > processing though... [Most of the books look like they are > the soft-core, romance-y books. If anyone is interested in > basic erotica, check out Ellora's Cave publishers > (www.ellorascave.com). If you're into kinky stuff, try > the Greenery Press (www.greenerypress.com). We have books > from both publishers already in the collection.] Carrie > ----- Original Message ---- From: solsticesinger To: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 > 5:07:31 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book donation > Carrie, I'm wondering what the erotica books are. > I'm sure there are several of us who would be willing > to help out with those. Shannon I am only one; but still I > am one. I can not do everything, but I can do something. > And, because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to > do the something I can do. Everet Edward Hale ----- > Original Message ----- From: Carrie Karnos To: Bookshare > Vol Group Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 1:29 PM Subject: > [bksvol-discuss] book donation Hi gang, We just received a > donation of 38 books, so I took out the ones that I thought > would be of more interest to people. (The rest of the books > are romance/erotica). Question: there are 3 Jennifer > Chiaverini books - The Master Quilter, The Quilter's > Legacy, and The Sugar Camp Quilt. Is someone else > processing these? If so, I'll put the books into the > 'Sell to a Used Bookstore' pile here in the office. > If not, I can chop and scan them, and submit them to the > download list. The other books I took out were: A Portrait > of Jane Austen, by David Cecil Payment in Blood, by > Elizabeth George Halfway to the Grave, by Jeaniene Frost > Music to My Sorrow, by Mercedes Lackey Bedlam's Edge, > by Mercedes Lackey BSO Beyond World's End by Mercedes > Lackey Will try to get to processing them when I can. > Carrie > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Keep your kids safer online with Windows Live Family > Safety. Help protect your kids. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.2/1471 - > Release Date: 5/28/2008 5:33 PM 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.