[DTB-Talk] genuine question about recently added section

[Chris Gilland]

to be very clear, I commend the NLS for having books of such different languages. This way everyone is included. But that's more what I'm afraid of. I don't want it to get to the point where we start seeing foreign language books, and it takes away from people like myself getting more English content. I don't think we're at that point yet, but, I would just rather bring this out in the open to everyone's attention before that does wind up happening. absolutely, I mean this with all due respect.

> On Mar 28, 2021, at 08:31, Milton via DTB-Talk <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello All,
> 
> Yes, I, too, have noticed this with BARD Talkingbooks.
> 
> I suggest that we write to Judith Dixon at jdix at loc.gov and ask for an
> explanation of why so many Spanish book and I have even noticed some French
> language books being placed there on the new books. The first one to get an
> answer should post the response to this list.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DTB-Talk <dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Cheryl Osborn via
> DTB-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2021 7:22 AM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Cheryl Osborn <chapalacheryl at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [DTB-Talk] genuine question about recently added section
> 
> Yes, I have noticed this also. It would be nice if there were an English or
> Spanish option so that we don't have to fish through all titles to find
> English that we want or Spanish that we would want
> 
>> On Sun, Mar 28, 2021, 6:29 AM Chris Gilland via DTB-Talk <
>> dtb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I have a question regarding the recently added section of Bard as it 
>> applies to audiobook submissions.
>> 
>> as of the last few months, I have noticed that even though there have 
>> been a few titles added which are in English, most things lately I see 
>> getting added are in Spanish. The ratio just doesn't seem to make sense.
>> 
>> I understand that there may be a lot of Spanish titles to be added, 
>> but it just seems to me really weird that for all the Spanish spoken 
>> titles, I hardly see anything getting added that is English spoken. 
>> Again, just to be very clear, I'm not saying that I see nothing 
>> getting added, I do, just not very much anything. The ratio just seems 
>> way off. It kind of makes me a little bit curious.
>> 
>> has anyone else noticed this, but not been bold enough to say anything 
>> up until now?
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