Hello Cara, You do not have a set due date for borrowed Kindle books but, you can only borrow 1 book a month and, only 1 book at a time. You must also be an Amazon prime member. Plus, you can only read borrowed books on Kindle readers, not Kindle apps on other devices.
hth Ricardo Walker rica...@appletothecore.info Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On May 12, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Cara Quinn <modelc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just so I'm clear, do the books from BookShare have a time limit on their > borrowing? > > How about the people you know who borrow books on Kindle? is there a time > limit on them or, like iBooks, are there just sample chapters? > > Thanks so much! > > Cara :) > On May 12, 2013, at 3:33 PM, John Diakogeorgiou <jdiakoge2...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Cara: > I just wanted to chime in and agree with Mary. Sighted people use > books from the library, they also borrow books they can read on their > Kindle. Bookshare in a sense is the same thing. Many of their books > are provided by the publishers as well. > If I can download a book from bookshare I will use that before I > purchase it from > Amazon., > > On 5/12/13, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Cara, >> >> Would you suggest that sighted people forego the use of the public library >> or other sources, such as a university library, if you happen to be lucky >> enough to have access to one, and buy all their books? Equality is great, >> but equality ought also to mean being able to avail oneself of all available >> resources. In a free and open society where access to information is not >> limited to only those who can afford to buy everything, it seems to me that >> your position sets the bar higher for the blind than it is for the rest of >> the reading public. >> >> Mary >> >> Mary Otten >> motte...@gmail.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
