Let me put it real simple by saying, it matters not where you get your books from. Be that Bookshare, NLS, Kindle app for iPhone, iBooks or BookNook. What matters is we all are different and have varying preferences and as I said this morning, choice is great! ----- Original Message ----- From: Raul A. Gallegos To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 1:43 PM Subject: Re: Justification for using Kindle vs. downloading from Bookshare
,one thing which I'm wondering about is what's the real difference in using books from Bookshare VS Kindle since none of it is free. Bookshare still costs money, and so do <Kindle books. What if you get a yearly subscription to Bookshare and then only get a few books a month from it. Does the cost end up being less or more than if you just purchased which ever books you want from Kindle, Nook, or iBooks? Or is the attraction to Bookshare the fact that it's specifically geared to print disabled like blind people. maybe I too am missing the point here. I don't particularly care for Bookshare, but through no fault of their own, I just never saw a need for myself personally. NLS is another one which I have used a lot, but when it comes down to it, I'd rather get the commercial audio books from Audible.com or purchase the electronic books from Barnes and Noble or Amazon. Yes, it's true that many people read many books by never buying them, getting them from the library or from a friend, ETC. Yet it's also true that just as many people also buy them, whether it's audio or not. I don't know what my point to this message is really other than just to agree with Kara in that if we have the equality like others, then that is best in my opinion. -- Raul A. Gallegos I would have been here sooner but the bus kept stopping for other people to get on it. - Sheldon Cooper Twitter and Facebook user ID: rau47 On 5/12/2013 10:02 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Hi Mary, > > thanks so much for your note! > > I'm having a little trouble with the comparison between services like BookShare and a library, only because with a library you must return the books and with BookShare the book is yours for as long as you like. > > I guess I'd see more of a comparison between a service like National Library Service and a typical public library. > > So I'm sorry if I'm missing the point here. I'm sure not meaning to hold any particular group or interest to any specific standard, just wanting to promote equality. That's all. > > Thanks a bunch and have a lovely evening! > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > On May 12, 2013, at 3:10 PM, 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.
