[Ohio-talk] bard site

[Cheryl Fields via Ohio-talk]

Barb,  July 16 is Family fun and Learning Day, do you think if we
present a list to the speaker with a letter from nfb it would help?
Blessings, Cheryl

On 5/23/14, Barbara Pierce via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 			I know that the NFB
> appoints a representative to an LLS committee. That person chairs the NFB
> Library Committee, which meets at convention. I think that those committee
> members of the NLS committee have some say about book choice. But there are
> people who do nothing but choose the books to be recorded. I suggest that
> you ask Will Reed of the Cleveland Library what he knows about the process.
> I do know that we have been told to give him our requests for old books to
> be released. I have tried this with no success as far as I can tell. I used
> to snag Frank Curt Silk at convention and plead with him directly for books
> that I wanted. That had a bit more chance of success. But since Karen does
> not bother to come to our convention or make herself known if she is there,
> that strategy does not work.
>
> Barbara Pierce
> President Emerita
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> bpierce at oberlin.net
> 440-774-8077
>
> On May 23, 2014, at 6:53 AM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk
> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> I can't say for sure, but if there is a really popular author then the
>> books are added very quickly.  NLS would make the Harry Potter books
>> available within a few days after the hard cover book came out. BARD
>> is also in the process of digitizing the old collection so that is why
>> you will find books that were published a long time ago showing up.
>>
>> On 5/22/14, Jerry Purcell via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>>      Could anyone please give me a brief description on how bard chooses
>>> to
>>> add books to its download site.  David 			 just released a book at
>>> the
>>> end of April.  I didn't think it would be on bard for a while so I paid
>>> to
>>> download the book from audible.  I just noticed that the commercial
>>> version
>>> of the book was on the latest additions to the bard download site.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>            Thank you Jerry Purcell
>>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>> (513) 607-6053
>>
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