I cannot imagine why anyone would say they hope NLS and Bookshare will become obsolete. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 2:28 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: Google I don't think Bookshare will become obsolete in part because Google isn't scanning modern books of popular interest. Most of their books are older and/or more academic in scope. While we'd be able to read out of print books on Google, we'd still need Bookshare to read current bestsellers and other recent content, books written in the past 20 years or so. That could change, of course, but I doubt it would be within the next five years. With 35 million books available in print right now, I think there is plenty of room for Bookshare. Finally, Bookshare's business model is different from how Google Books works, and I think the two can be compatible and will supplement each other over time. Monica Willyard To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1764 - Release Date: 11/3/2008 7:46 AM To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.