[Ohio-talk] bard site

[Barbara Pierce via Ohio-talk]

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Barbara Pierce
President Emerita
National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
bpierce at oberlin.net
440-774-8077

On May 23, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Cheryl Fields via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> 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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