If we are council tax payers, we are effectively paying for a library service most of which is not accessible to us. I therefore have no difficulty in having my subs to an alternative library service paid by the local authority to whom I pay council tax. On 27 Sep 2014, at 10:20, Jackie Brown wrote: > This is why DLA is so important, because we incur more expenditure as blind > people. But I guess that is another debate probably not for this forum? > > Kind regards, > > Jackie Brown > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Hazel Darvell <witch.hazel66@xxxxxxxxx> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Saturday, 27 September 2014 10.15 > Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Overdrive subscription > >> >> >> Actually the sighted people pay just ?1 for a life time library ticket >> and that includes streaming their books. >> Hazel >> On 27/09/2014 10.05, Eleanor Martha Burke wrote: >>> But sighted people do not pay for their library service, not even ?50 >>> per annum. >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "john gallagher" >>> <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2014 9.51 AM >>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Overdrive subscription >>> >>> >> 0was well because of all the hassall with the council i always paid my sub >> 0was for the talking book service and at ?1 per week i just cannot grumble >> 0was with all the cut back in the future we will all be paying for this >> 0was service soon >> 0was >> 0was ----- Original Message ----- >> 0was From: Pele West <pele.west@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> 0was To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> 0was Date: Saturday, 27 September 2014 9.00 am >> 0was Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Overdrive subscription >> 0was >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hi Sandra >>>>> >>>>> I have always had to pay my subscription, first for talking books, then >>>>> for the Bookstream Service and, whenit becomes due, for the Overdrive >>>>> service. 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