[bookport] Re: Using Audible.com and BookShare
- From: "Walt Smith" <walt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 20:56:39 -0400
The fact that BookCourier is mentioned and Book Port is not means only one
thing: Springer Design (who builds the hardware for both devices) has done a
better job of pitching their product to the two organizations than has APH.
As has been stated here before, there is _no_ function whatever in which the
BookCourier is superior to the Book Port and there are many functions that
are either exclusive to the BP or in which the BP is superior. At the very
worst, the two devices may be equal, but there's no way that the BookCourier
is "better" or "easier to use" with respect to Audible or Bookshare books
than is the BP.
Maybe the folks at APH should write to both Audible and Bookshare and
request that wherever and whenever the BookCourier is mentioned on their
sites, exclusive mention of that device should be changed to equal mention
of both devices. In fact, it wouldn't hurt at all of those of us who belong
to one or both of the two organizations were to initiate a polite
letter-writing campaign of our own along these lines.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Bowman-Jones" <mikebowmanjones@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 8:45 PM
Subject: [bookport] Using Audible.com and BookShare
Greetings, All.
Every once in a while, messages come on to the list wherein the writer seems
to be determining if he/she should go with BookPort or BookCourier. I don't
know how significant a factor this is, but in checking out the Audible.com
and BookShare sites, they both specifically reference BookCourier as a
workable (for lack of a better term) device without referencing BookPort at
all. If I was looking again, I think I would give that factor quite a bit
of weight.
I have not tried using either source yet so I don't know: Does BookCourier
being mentioned mean (as I would infer rightly or wrongly) that it works
much more easily and with better compatibility with Audible and BookShare or
is it not that big a deal?
Thanks in advance for your responses. As a new BookPort user, I have to
admit this is giving me some concern.
Michael
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