I'm going to get screamed at for saying this, but if you need DTBS that much, get a Braille Plus from APH! On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 14:07:02 -0400, Walt Smith wrote: >Absolutely not. Getting a bunch of politicians involved in what is >essentially an internal administrative decision by NLS would only damage >NLS >in the long run. Besides, the time to complain about what devices the >new >Digital Talking Books will play on is long past. We were told from the >beginning that the system would be secure and it is. You have a choice: >wait >until NLS players are available in another year or two or spend the >money >now to gratify yourself if you simply can't wait that long. You are not >being deprived of any book titles, since everything that's being >released in >the new DTB format is also being issued on tape. You are merely being >inconvenienced and that's no basis whatever for asking your member of >congress to stick his or her nose in. > >-----Original Message----- >From: bookport_users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bookport_users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John >Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 12:31 AM >To: bookport_users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bookport_users] Political Question > >Hi >I also am hoping that this list is active. > >This question is not the king of question I can ask on the other list. > >Should we as Book Port owners contact our u.S. congressmen to ask them >to >require the LOC to allow anyone like the APH to put the hardware and >software required to operate the new digital format? > >John >