[stylist] {Spam?} New member, well old member returning

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Not all books from other countries are kept out of this country. It has to
do with the publisher and the laws. Some books, several, find markets in
America. Just currently, there's not a 100% exchange between countries.

Bridgit

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Yes,  it would be awesome if we could have access to books in other
countries. Not sure where the resistance on people signing this treaty is
coming from, when I was an LCB student last year I was supposed to go to
Washington Seminar, but could not because of the snow storm. I then see we
end up with the exact same laws people have worked so hard to  fight for. Of
course, it did not help that half of the congresspeople could not show up
due to this storm.
Anyway, I digress because this isn't a Law-Chat list.
Vejas  

> On Oct 5, 2016, at 19:22, debby via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Vejas, yes, that was the treaty. It all has to do with copyright, and
it can be a bit -plicated. I do hope that one day this will all work out. It
has nothing to do with whether the book takes place in England or anything
like that. If it's a U.S. author and their copyright is in the U.S. that
-plicates everything.   Debby
> 
>> On Oct 5, 2016 7:08 PM, Vejas via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> That's interesting. I was under the impression that all US citizens had
access to all books, because I have some books that take place in England
and use British terminology, but it was just in other countries where they
ere limited. 
>> There was a treaty I know that we were trying to get passed at the Last
Washington seminar regarding taking books in and out of the country, I
wonder if it was related to this. 
>> Vejas
>> 
>>> On Oct 5, 2016, at 18:56, debby via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
>>> 
>>> Hi Vejas and Tessa and all, there is a very legitimate reason, at this
point why Bookshare cannot give -flete access !p in Canada. There is an
agreement, but until the United States signs the WIPO Treaty this will
continue to be a pro#m. The U.S. has specific copyright agreements about
things being put in to braille or recorded, and until that treaty gets
signed by the U.S. Bookshare reY has no choice. I do not know the status of
that treaty. It would benefit us all, because we would also be able to get
books from other countries. But as of now, we cannot get books produced in
England, for instance. Take care,    Debby 
>>> 
>>>> On Oct 5, 2016 6:36 PM, Vejas via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote: 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Tessa,
>>>> I remember you. I remember specifically because when I originally
joined the WritersChat list, when such a list was in existence, I think you
were the first to reply. 
>>>> CongragulNs on your place in the  contest. 
>>>> That sucks that Bookshare won't let you have access to all books being
from Canada. If I were a Canadian, I believe that that would be a battle
worth fighting, LOL. 
>>>> This list is definitely still active. It has quietness down a little,
people still write poems and occasional stories and I have just gotten back
into the writing scene. While a student at LCB I admit to not being very
active, but I plan to change that. 
>>>> Good luck. 
>>>> Vejas
>>>> 
>>>>> On Oct 5, 2016, at 15:46, Tessa via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org>
wrote: 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi All
>>>>> It's been a number of years since I was on this list. I'm glad to be
back. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> My name is Tessa and I've been writing at least since the early 
>>>>> 80's and telling stories before then.
>>>>> 
>>>>> This has been a very good year for me where writing is concerned. 
>>>>> I belong to the Northwestern Ontario writers workshop one hundred 
>>>>> or so members strong and very active. I've had three pieces 
>>>>> published in our NOWW magazine this year, absolutely amazing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Every year NOWW runs a writing contest open to anyone. One of the 
>>>>> categories was novel excerpt which we haven't had as a category in 
>>>>> the past. I submitted two pieces and won first and third. I'm 
>>>>> still on cloud nine when I think about that LOL.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I mostly write novels and have about a dozen rough drafts waiting 
>>>>> for some serious polishing. In 2010 I took the NaNoWriMo challenge 
>>>>> for the first time and that piece was my first prize winner, my 2014
NaNoWriMo piece won third.
>>>>> So, is anyone else doing NaNoWriMo? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> For anyone unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo it begins November 1st and 
>>>>> the idea is the write 50,000 words in 30 days. At the moment I'm 
>>>>> trying to figure out just what I'm going to write.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Also, we Canadians now have limited access to bookshare and the 
>>>>> incredible amount of research material available there. I Love it. 
>>>>> I just finished reading Laura Deutsch's book writing from the 
>>>>> senses 59 exercises to Ignite your writing, a terrific exploration 
>>>>> of the senses and exercises to encourage people to think about the 
>>>>> things they taste, touch feel and so on, even as a writer who is 
>>>>> blind I appreciated it and will need to read it again to do the
exercises.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I use a braille notetaker for a lot of my writing though in the 
>>>>> past I have used slate and styless on old magazine papers. I still 
>>>>> have some of that stuff but it's so faded I'm not sure it's even 
>>>>> readable any more or worth reading. A local poet told me she had 
>>>>> burned all her old work, to me it was devistating, how could she 
>>>>> do that, she said it was liberating, LOL. I suppose that makes sense,
I look at some of my old stuff and cringe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anyway just thought I'd say hi. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Tessa
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
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