[bookport_users] Re: Political Question

  • From: chase crispin <chase.crispin@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bookport_users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1970 06:28:03 -0600

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
>

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