No, Really, I Get It For The Articles
Feb. 9th, 2007 01:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mmerriamThe National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) sent me a newsletter detailing their newest services in the works (self-playing digital audio books in 2008 and a Google Search Site for the Blind).
They also listed the newest magazine you can subscribe to in audio format: Playboy.
That's okay, I'm good with Asimov's and Analog, thanks.
ETA:
From the Playboy faq:
Does anybody really read Playboy for the articles?
The articles may not be the first part of the magazine most readers turn to, but judging from the letters we get, millions of Playboy readers also enjoy our award-winning journalism, humor and fiction. The only people who can rightfully claim to read it solely for the articles are the thousands of blind readers who peruse our Braille edition, which has been distributed by the Library of Congress since 1970.
And this From the NY Times:
House Cuts Off Fund For Playboy in Braille
UPI
Published: July 20, 1985
The House of Representatives says it will no longer pay for Braille editions of Playboy magazine stocked at the Library of Congress.
Rejecting warnings about censorship, the House decided to strip the library of the $103,000 it spends on producing Braille editions of the publication.
Representative Chalmers P. Wylie, Republican of Ohio, introduced an amendment Thursday to cut the money from the library's budget, questioning the ''literary merit'' of the bawdy magazine.
Mr. Wylie said the Library of Congress produced Braille editions of 36 magazines, including Popular Mechanics and Good Housekeeping, all chosen by blind readers.
The magazines are usually selected for their literary merit, but he added, "I do not feel that Playboy meets those standards."
They also listed the newest magazine you can subscribe to in audio format: Playboy.
That's okay, I'm good with Asimov's and Analog, thanks.
ETA:
From the Playboy faq:
Does anybody really read Playboy for the articles?
The articles may not be the first part of the magazine most readers turn to, but judging from the letters we get, millions of Playboy readers also enjoy our award-winning journalism, humor and fiction. The only people who can rightfully claim to read it solely for the articles are the thousands of blind readers who peruse our Braille edition, which has been distributed by the Library of Congress since 1970.
And this From the NY Times:
House Cuts Off Fund For Playboy in Braille
UPI
Published: July 20, 1985
The House of Representatives says it will no longer pay for Braille editions of Playboy magazine stocked at the Library of Congress.
Rejecting warnings about censorship, the House decided to strip the library of the $103,000 it spends on producing Braille editions of the publication.
Representative Chalmers P. Wylie, Republican of Ohio, introduced an amendment Thursday to cut the money from the library's budget, questioning the ''literary merit'' of the bawdy magazine.
Mr. Wylie said the Library of Congress produced Braille editions of 36 magazines, including Popular Mechanics and Good Housekeeping, all chosen by blind readers.
The magazines are usually selected for their literary merit, but he added, "I do not feel that Playboy meets those standards."
