I also still have my rfb&d membership.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Miller
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 10:03 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: nls and qstRe: August qst now available
I use them often, and the one that used to be RFB&D, I was a member back
when it was free so still have a free membership I keep current so I have my
sources for what I do use.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2012 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: nls and qstRe: August qst now available
> Well, you do have NLS and openlibrary.org that are free.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Miller
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:07 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: nls and qstRe: August qst now available
>
> I don't read a lot, if I did maybe it would be worth it to me but I really
> don't read a whole lot, I read at times but there's just so much going on
> it
> can take me over a month to go through the average book. Going away on
> vacations I used to get a lot read but I haven't done that in over a year
> now and don't see it happening again any time soon so it's more the nights
> I
> don't get on ham radio after everyone goes to bed. If the group I used to
> get on 10 meters with gets back up and going again and we're looking like
> we
> will, that will cut it even more.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Russ Kiehne" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2012 10:58 AM
> Subject: Re: nls and qstRe: August qst now available
>
>
>> 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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