Wow I didn't know this until today folks when I had to get a library
card number from my county library since the BTBL no longer continued
support for overdrive books and so when I was talking to a
representative online, they said that I could use overdrive with
bookshare as well so I retreived the following once application was done.
Library eBook Accessibility Program (LEAP)
Under the partnership between Bookshare and OverDrive, LEAP will
provide qualifying U.S. public library patrons serviced by OverDrive
with a full year of free membership.
Use promo code:
LEAP1
Benefits of your free LEAP Bookshare membership:
* 20 downloads per month for 12 months
* Choose from over 60,000 books, including bestsellers, magazines
and newspapers.
* DAISY and Braille formats that can be read with computers,
assistive reading devices, Braille printers, and even MP3 players!
* FREE Victor Reader Soft and Read:OutLoud reading software that
you can install onto your home computer.
Important information about signing up:
* Bookshare is available to individuals who have qualifying
disabilities, and proof of disability will need to be submitted
before services begin. Please watch for your welcome email for
information on submitting your library information to Bookshare
as proof of disability.
* Your welcome email and account details may state the need to
purchase a subscription. Please disregard this text, as
OverDrive is paying for your membership.
*Use promo code: LEAP1*.
Sign up today!
Well folks that is awesome, funny think is that I told them I'm a
member of bookshare already and that I volunteer as well so we talked
about it more and said to tell others to check it out. So I'm passing
this along on the librarian's behalf. They call themselves the Virtual
Library Staff on the online chat because different people have
timeslots and such I guess but what was really cool is that it was
accessible and I was able to send the chat log to my email so I
souldn't forget the important links they gave me funny thing is on the
chat log it showed up as their real names! The Virtual Library Staff,
hehhehheh, that kills me!
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"To me, music that breaks your heart is the music that stays with you
forever. It's one thing to be melancholy and one thing to be
sophisticated, but when you get the two of them together in a way
people can relate to, then I think you're on to something. You want
the sophistication to lie in the purity of the sound, the beauty of
the arrangements, and the quality of the performances."-Trumpeter
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