[bookport] Re: Sources for Books
- From: "Don (Tex)" <dbomer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 12:42:22 -0500
Hi again Michael,
One other thing you might try is the state educational system. Our local
librarian said that we, as card holders in our Village library, are aruthorized
to get a library card at any University in the state system. However, she
isn't sure that we can gain remote access to downloadable material.
Thanks for the heads-up on Questa. I'll check it out.
Regards,
Don...
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Bowman-Jones
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 12:52 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Sources for Books
Hi, Don.
Thanks for the suggestion. I don't know if the Palmdale CA library has
downloadable stuff from the California State library system or not but it is
certainly worth a check, which I will do next week as my sighted wife has an
open account.
As a trade-off that I had not thought of until now: There is an Internet
library called Questa that offers primarily Social Science/Humanities-type
books which are more along the lines of college textbooks. I think that a $75
(or something like that) annual fee is required in order to be able to download
books; otherwise, all you can download are the book's links (Chapter I, Chapter
II, etc), which I am supposing will not work with BP.
Thanks again.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: Don (Tex)
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 3:14 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: Sources for Books
Hi Michael,
Check with your local library. Even if they don't have EBooks or Audio
books that you want they may offer a great many via download from your state
library system.
In Texas we have Tex-Share that offers access to some NetLibrary EBooks and
Audio books. And, in conjunction with Tex-Share, my wife has access to 28,000
Overdrive books (protected W M A format). Unfortunately, Overdrive books won't
play on the BookPort, but they do on other players.
Regards,
Don...
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Bowman-Jones
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 7:37 PM
Subject: [bookport] Sources for Books
Greetings, All.
Though I have tossed out a few comments, I have very little experience
with the BP (but am finding it is great) so have a question for all the veteran
users out there:
I have seen reference to Audible.com and Bookshare as sources for
downloadable books. Are there any other commercial and noncommercial sources
(such as eReader and Baen, for example) that you have found to have lots of
material and are fairly easy to use?
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
Michael
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