Cara: I just wanted to chime in and agree with Mary. Sighted people use books from the library, they also borrow books they can read on their Kindle. Bookshare in a sense is the same thing. Many of their books are provided by the publishers as well. If I can download a book from bookshare I will use that before I purchase it from Amazon.,
On 5/12/13, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > Cara, > > Would you suggest that sighted people forego the use of the public library > or other sources, such as a university library, if you happen to be lucky > enough to have access to one, and buy all their books? Equality is great, > but equality ought also to mean being able to avail oneself of all available > resources. In a free and open society where access to information is not > limited to only those who can afford to buy everything, it seems to me that > your position sets the bar higher for the blind than it is for the rest of > the reading public. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
