Spreading the word about Bookshare.org
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kestrellI just received a very nice email from an academic scholar who I contacted earlier today with a request that she consider adding her book to Bookshare.org.
So this is just a reminder to readers who use Bookshare: if you find a book you would really love to read, and it isn't already in Bookshare, consider contacting the author or publisher and asking them to add that book to the Bookshare collection. I usually try to contact the author first, because most are thrilled to hear from someone who wants to read their book, and to find out that there is a way to make their books accessible to PWD.
Many writers and publishers still don't know about Bookshare, so in my emails I usually include a link to the Bookshare page describing how authors can get their books added to the library
https://www.bookshare.org/cms/partners/authors
So this is just a reminder to readers who use Bookshare: if you find a book you would really love to read, and it isn't already in Bookshare, consider contacting the author or publisher and asking them to add that book to the Bookshare collection. I usually try to contact the author first, because most are thrilled to hear from someone who wants to read their book, and to find out that there is a way to make their books accessible to PWD.
Many writers and publishers still don't know about Bookshare, so in my emails I usually include a link to the Bookshare page describing how authors can get their books added to the library
https://www.bookshare.org/cms/partners/authors
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Date: 2019-04-11 01:19 am (UTC)(Oh great, another volunteer proofreading project. I was just going to go back to Distributed Proofreaders for Project Gutenburg....)
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Date: 2019-04-11 01:02 pm (UTC)I almost didn't post that, because I told myself everybody must know about it already. My favorite advocating for Bookshare story is the year I went to Readercon and was in the bookroom and asked Chip Delaney's publisher if his books were on Bookshare. She didn't know about Bookshare, but the next year at Readercon, she saw me and said that all of Delaney's books were now on Bookshare.
Five out of five grins
Date: 2019-04-11 07:10 pm (UTC)