Look at it this way, I've read all of the Hardy Boys books from Bookshare.
If I had to buy the books in either Kindle edition or Ibooks, it would cost
me a lot more than the yearly membership.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Miller
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 7:54 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: nls and qstRe: August qst now available
I was a member when in college but wasn't impressed and would never have the
money to spend much less spend that much if I did have it with so many free
resources out there. In college the student membership was free so I used
that.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 10:19 AM
Subject: Re: nls and qstRe: August qst now available
> Rus,
> Are those books directly from the publisher in some form? I've
> noticed the same thing My wife and I have used Bookshare for many
> years and have thoroughly enjoyed the service; I have scanned and
> uploaded a book and Ann has done several. I think that all the
> volunteer uploaders are to be congratulated for helping to create a
> wonderful resource. And of course, there will always be naysayers.
> Pat byrne, K9JAUAt 09:12 AM 9/15/2012, you wrote:
>>As a note of interest, many of the books from bookshare are publisher
>>quality. I joined Bookshare over a year ago. And over that year, I've
>>read
>>almost 400 books. Many of these NLS will never have.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Michael Thurman
>>Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 4:41 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: nls and qstRe: August qst now available
>>
>>that is grotesquely stupid to cut their funding. maybe you would prefer =
>>bookshare that you have to pay for and has tons of errors?
>>
>>On Sep 13, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Robert C <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> > I just love this one..
>> >=20
>> > "...maybe we should lobby congress tocut their funding budget and
>> > let=20=
>>
>> > them know that we mean business it is about time that we did."
>> >=20
>> > Cut off your nose to spite your face. LOL
>> >=20
>> > Quote of the nanosecond . . .
>> > I'm not tense, just terribly, terribly alert....
>> > Robert & Dreamer Doll ke7nwn
>> > E-mail-
>> > [log in to unmask]
>> >=20
>> > On 9/13/2012 6:47 AM, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> >> maybe we should lobby congress
>> >> tocut their funding budget and let them know that we mean business it
>> >> =
>>is
>> >> about time that we did.
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