[nabs-l] Learning Ally new prices

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Joseph and everyone,

    I get more benefit from Bookshare.org over Learning Allie any day. These 
days if I can't find it on bookshare I'll buy it from Blio. How sad.

Peter Donahue


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "T. Joseph Carter" <carter.tjoseph at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Learning Ally new prices


For me it’s a no-brainer.  I did not renew my Bookshare account
despite being an avid Bookshare user because I do not have the money.

The Organization Formerly Known As RFB&D wants twice as much, and
they just don’t have the library of books I need anymore.  Were I
still a student, that might be different, but the whole time I was in
graduate school, they had I think two of my textbooks.  I just can’t
justify the expense, no matter how awesome AnneMarie Cook is.

Joseph - kf7qzc


On Tue, Aug 09, 2011 at 05:46:32PM -0400, bookwormahb at earthlink.net wrote:
>Hi all,
>With budget cuts to many nonprofits, Learning Ally lost their federal 
>funding.
>They are now charging individuals a large fee annually for membership; when 
>I joined years ago, I paid $35, but
>its much more than $35 now!
>Have you heard the news?
>I received word today via my email from Learning Ally that effective 
>September 1
>individual memberships are $99.
>It said the following:
>  a.. On September 1, 2011 Individual Memberships will be $99 per year -a 
> little more than eight dollars a month.
>  b.. For a limited time only, we are offering a special opportunity to 
> renew your current membership for $79 (a savings of $20). Take advantage 
> of this special membership offer, renew on/before August 31, 2011.
>So what do you think? Will you pay this fee?
>I know many of you may be tight on money; I hope your family can chip in or 
>some group can sponsor you. Budgets are very tight. Personally, I enjoyed 
>the free books. But I do understand the rationale to begin charging once 
>again. They are a nonprofit after all. Other college students pay a lot for 
>their texts. I think a membership to audible.com is more expensive than 
>this.
>As for me, I plan to take more classes at community college even though I 
>graduated in 2009 with a BA degree. I need to keep my writing and study 
>skills active. I think I will renew my Learning Ally membership. They 
>recorded several books for me during school; the staff at the studio is 
>very friendly. Good thing I have a paying internship to help cover the 
>cost.
>I knew this was coming when I heard Learning Ally was losing funding. I 
>knew it months ago prior to their announcement today.
>Learning Ally has their flaws, but overall their books are helpful. I 
>cannot study with a human reader at midnight, but I can pull out my 
>Learning Ally book anytime and hear a human voice read to me.
>
>Ashley
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