Concerning the website mentioned below: "www.dontread.org" links you
to...surprise, surprise...audible.com. The "don't read" posters are
obvious spoofs of the ALA READ posters. They are even using a spiffy
little ".org" web address, too. The site is full of smirking little
comments about reading: Don't burn books; "without them, libraries will
just be big empty rooms." There will still be lots of things to read,
after audible.com saves the world from books: "Road signes, menus,
e-mails, ID badges, websites, and the eye chart at the DMV..."
Yuck. I think I'll call them up, and tell them I want my next credit
card bill from audible.com to be in audio format!
It's worth noting that audible.com has added a new "audible education"
section with 20 percent off all audio programs; but of course, there's a
catch: the savings are only for students and educators with a ".edu"
mail suffix...which pretty much rules out all K-12 educators. Sigh.
Anne-Marie Gordon, Librarian
Livonia Primary School
Livonia, NY
agordon@livoniacsd.org
http://www.livoniacsd.org/primaryschool/gordon/index.htm
"A life without stories would be no life at all." --from Alexander
McCall Smith's, In the Company of Cheerful Ladies.
>>> Nancy Dickinson <dickinsonn@K12COFFEE.NET> 12/19/05 7:46 PM >>>
I was on a Yahoo page and saw an ad for this website. Very interesting
after the recent discussion about audio books. Does ALA have any kind of
copyright on these posters??? http://www.dontread.org/
I'm headed to sunny Phoenix tomorrow! Everyone have a great vacation!
Nancy Dickinson, Librarian
Hillsboro Elem. School
Hillsboro, TN 37342
dickinsonn@k12coffee.net
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