I believe that by law, NLS cannot charge for their basic services (including especially any equipment needed to play their audio books), but I might be wrong on this. The fact is, though, that they've never done so in the past. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 2:05 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: When Nls goes online Hi Catalina and list: I have read no mention of a charge in anything that I've read. That's not to say there won't be a charge. It does seem curious though, that one is never mentioned in the NLS business plan if they were anticipating such an option. Rumour mills are rampant, and lists are the worst possible means of breathing life into dead horses. Do you want to know what NLS is or isn't going to do? The best source of information is your cooperating network library or NLS directly at 800 424-8567. Cheers, Dave