[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare's Purpose in Your Eyes
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 22:32:08 -0400
However, the book you buy is yours to lend or keep at your discretion. If
you like it enough, you can keep it for as long as it holds and repurchase
it at need. With BookShare, LOC, etc, there's no repurchasing necessary
except as you keep up your subscription in BS's case. Btw, Baen and the
Ebook sites have made inroads into giving us immediate access to a
substantial portion of the "hot book" market.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 3:28 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare's Purpose in Your Eyes
> Donna G makes some good points about the issue of whether we should
purchase
> books or have them for free from a place like BookShare. It's not an
> argument I can seriously enter into until such time that publishers make
> available to me an accessible book for the same price as the print version
> within the same time frame. Having said all that, I don't think they are
> losing any more money from us than they do from their average customers.
My
> friend who is sighted walks into a book store, purchases a book for
$10.50,
> takes it home and reads it. Then she passes it along to a friend, who
> passes it along to a friend, and it changes hands any number of times
before
> it finally ends up in a used book sale, where someone else pays $4 for it,
> takes it home and reads it, gives it to a friend, etc. I buy the same
book
> for $10.50, bring it home, spend several hours scanning it, someone else
> spends more hours validating it, and then it is available for sharing
around
> via BookShare to those who meet the criteria. I don't think we're having
a
> negative impact on the market. In fact, I have purchased many more books
> since becoming a member of BookShare and learning that others share my
> interests.
>
> Just my two cents.
>
> Peace and Hope,
>
> Donna
>
>
>
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