Hi Katherine,
Absolutely! Both Lissi and I have tons of older books that will probably never
get into the collection unless we volunteers do them..
My only point was that while I think many people are aware that a lot of older
books will never be given to Bookshare by their publishers, not all new books
are going to get into the collection either unless volunteers scan and proof
them.
Evan
From: Katherine Petersen
Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2019 9:07 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence
Evan,
You make a good point about new books, but there are also a ton of books that
came out before ebooks were a “thing,” haven’t been reissued for whatever
reason or are somewhere in between.
I’ve got four bookshelves of books, many of which will need to be scanned, but
there simply isn’t an electronic version out there.
For example, I’m currently editing Joyride by Joan Brady, which is the sequel
to God On A Harley. God on a Harley is in the collection, and I couldn’t find
an e-version of Joyride anywhere. Should be ready for proofing soon.
There’s a lot we can do. There are a lot of great books that you simply can’t
buy ebooks of.
Best,
Katherine
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Reese
Sent: Saturday, October 5, 2019 11:35 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence
Hey Guys,
I’m still recovering from a bad cold, and trying to catch up on scans that I
owe people, so I’m late with this.
Shortly after I entered a formal request for James Lovelock’s new book, I got a
message saying that Bookshare would add my book to the collection. That was
great, but then I read the part where it said that it could take, not would
take, but could take, several months.
So I withdrew my request and bought the book. I am proud to say that it entered
the collection on Wednesday, exactly two weeks after it arrived in my mailbox.
https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/2851986
I want to thank Lori Castner for putting time aside to expedite prooffing of
this book.
The MIT Press does give books to Bookshare, but they didn’t donate this one. I
know little about the publishing business, so it’s just my speculation, but
this book appears to be a republication of a book that was published in
Britain. It’s possible that The MIT Press does not have the rights to do
whatever they want with it, including not having the right to donate it to
Bookshare.
I’m always happy to add books to the collection, but I am particularly happy to
add books like this. It is the reason I continue to volunteer scanning.
Bookshare is like no other library of accessible books. Sure, it gets most of
its books from publishers now, but we volunteers still have a role in making
books accessible that publishers choose not to give, or are unable to give for
whatever reason, to Bookshare, including new books like this one.
Evan
