Yes, Philip, but John was saying that it is intended as soon as possible to let folks download the book to their computer. Best wishes, Joan. ----- Original Message ----- From: Philip Martin To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 2:54 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Bookstream Book Club HI Joan, As I read the RNIB website, there is not the option of downloading the book, merely to make it available as an audio stream. I assume this is to do with copywrite limitations. Philip ----- Original Message ----- From: Joan Muir To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 1:40 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Bookstream Book Club I agree, Iain. In my case, the subscription to talking books is paid by the local authority so it would seem unnecessary to subscribe to the stream. I suppose eventually it would mean that you could keep the book once you were able to download it but there aren't too many books that you'd read again. A better idea would be to sell more Daisy books. Best wishes, Joan. ----- Original Message ----- From: Iain Lackie To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 11:47 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Bookstream Book Club James The only advantage I can see over Talking Book membership is that you can have access to the books instantly if you have a broadband connection. It's an interesting idea and it works well enough. However, I think it's worth making the point that it doesn't actually give us access to any more books than we currently have. This is surely what we want rather than another way of accessing the same material already available to us. iain ----- Original Message ----- From: James O'Dell To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2007 9:18 PM Subject: [access-uk] RNIB Bookstream Book Club Hi Just seen the message about the above. I am wondering where this leaves the "talking book service", since from the sound of things you could basically get the same or better functionality by taking out a si Jamesngle subscription to the Bookstream Book club. __________ NOD32 2366 (20070701) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com __________ NOD32 2368 (20070701) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com