I too am a member of Bookshare.org but I don't think that's relevant here.
What is important is that the blind have many more options today they have ever
had before. If that should force Bookshare to lower their 50 dollar a year
membership fee, then so be it. Competition is good but I would also point out
that even if each book you download from iBooks or Kindle were a couple of
dollars it wouldn't take long to match that 50 dollar mark if your an avid
reader. Personally I like having all 3. It only improves my odds of finding
what I want. Still no dirty books though! <grin>
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From: Andy Baracco
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: Justification for using Kindle vs. downloading from Bookshare
I am a member of bookshare, and even though I don’t download many of their
books, I keep my membership more as a way to help sponsor the good work that
they do. The only other thing that I will say about this matter is that
Bookshare was founded at a time when there were very few sources of timely
reading material available to the blind. this situation has changed greatly
even in just the last year or two, so I’m beginning to wonder if Bookshare is
as relevant or needed as it was, say 10 years ago.
Andy
From: Alan Paganelli
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 1:05 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Justification for using Kindle vs. downloading from Bookshare
I wouldn't exactly call 50 bucks a year free. You can buy allot of books for
that kind of money. All kidding aside, I am a Bookshare member and I also have
the iBooks and Kindle reading apps. I like the iBooks app better then the
Kindle app but on the other hand, choice is good.
----- Original Message -----
From: Eileens Misrahi
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 8:49 AM
Subject: Justification for using Kindle vs. downloading from Bookshare
Hello List,
Besides the obvious of,Bookshare not having a particular book, what other
advantages does the Kindle app have over using Bookshare to access books? I
will check Bookshare first to see if the book that I want to read is there to
download because of the ability to download the book for free. I have "Read2Go"
& Voice Dream apps on the phone to accomplish this. What features in the Kindle
app is unique to app that is not in the other apps? Input on this would be
great.
Thanks in advance.
Best,
Eileen
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