Hi, MissWings. I think I remember that you used to be a Bookshare
member and let your membership expire. If that's right, I think
Bookshare may already have a record of your proof of disability on
file. I'm not a staff member, and John Glass would know for sure. I
do know that we don't have to get proof of our disability each time
we renew our membership. Since Bookshare has you signed up as a
volunteer, your credits will be applied as you work so that you can
earn all or part of your membership. As for earning credits, you
earn 50 cents for each book you validate, and you earn 2 dollars and
50 cents for books you scan and submit to Bookshare. So to earn
credit for a full year's membership from validating, you will need to
validate 100 books. When I first heard this, I thought that number
was impossible to manage. What I found is that some books can be
validated in half an hour or less if the submitter has taken care of
the book and has already done a spellcheck on it. Other books do
take longer to process, and it helps when you work on books you'd
want to read anyway. I found that the first couple of validations go
more slowly because of the learning curve. After that, things get
easier as time goes by, and that lets me earn credits without
stressing out and losing my mind. (smile) Hope this helps.
Monica Willyard
Hi all.
This may be a dumb question, but I'll ask it anyway since you can't learn anything unless you ask.
How does one go about letting the staff know that they want to earn credits from Bookshare towards membership? I'm a user of NLS, so I can get them in touch with my librarian if that's how it works. Also, does anyone know how many books you need to validate to earn enough credits? I'm just asking out of curiosity and don't mind doing the work. I was just wondering. Thanks all.
MissWings
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