<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> Talking Books <<a href="mailto:talkingbooks@nypl.org">talkingbooks@nypl.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> November 10, 2015 at 9:27:00 AM EST<br><b>To:</b> Talking Books <<a href="mailto:talkingbooks@nypl.org">talkingbooks@nypl.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Announcement: Bookshare now FREE to our members!</b><br><br></div></blockquote><div><span></span></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br clear="all"></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">The New York Public Library is thrilled to announce that we will now provide FREE Bookshare memberships to any eligible patron</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">. As a member of the Andrew Heiskell Library’s braille and talking book service - you’re already eligible!</span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"> </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span id="docs-internal-guid-adadc2cd-f1ac-ae53-4b9a-67c5cc8972fd"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What is Bookshare?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Bookshare is an online resource that provides you instant access to over 370,000 accessible ebooks! You can read the books on Bookshare's website using your screen reading or magnification software; Bookshare's own Web Reader, which will magnify and read aloud the text; download text-to-speech audio versions of the books for playback on your Digital Talking Book machine; or download the books to your iOS or Android device, Victor Stream, Booksense, note-taker or Braille display. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">What can it do for you?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Bookshare gives you instant access to thousands of fiction, non-fiction, technical, educational, popular and more obscure titles. Because Bookshare uses scanners and submissions from publishers to make the text of books accessible rather than relying on narrators, it can make titles available very quickly. Additionally, if you are a student and need a book made accessible for class, just let them know and they will create it for you! </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">How do you apply?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Go to <a href="http://www.Bookshare.org/signUpMember">www.Bookshare.org/signUpMember</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Fill in your information, use the promo code <b>NYPL16</b>, and when asked, indicate that you are an NLS library member. Put in your New York State address. Bookshare will check that you are a member of the library and the membership will be free!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">You will receive an email confirming your membership and giving you instructions on getting started and how to use their site. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Questions about Bookshare or their sign-up form? Call their help center at 650-352-0198 (9am-5pm Pacific Time), or use their website at <a href="http://bookshare.org">bookshare.org</a>. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Do you have more questions?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></p><ul><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent">You can try the short videos below about signing-up for and getting started with Bookshare. </span><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExqTYgbwS7E" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">What is Bookshare?</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> (1.5 minutes); </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyfiaSeEAXI" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">How to Sign up for Bookshare</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> (2 minutes); </span><a href="https://www.bookshare.org/cms/get-started/how-read-books/read-your-own" target="_blank" style="font-size:12.8px">How to Get Started Reading Bookshare books</a><span style="font-size:12.8px"> (1.5 minutes)</span><br></font></li><li><span style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;line-height:16.192px;white-space:pre-wrap"><font color="#000000">You can call Bookshare's help center at 650-352-0198 (9am-5pm Pacific Time), or use their <a href="https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center" target="_blank" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:18.432px;white-space:normal">help center</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px;line-height:18.432px;white-space:normal">. </span>. </font></span><br></span></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;background-color:transparent">You can also join us for for a workshop on signing up for and using Bookshare, at our library, on Tuesday December 1st from 12pm - 2pm, or Saturday December 19th from 10am to 12pm. </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Call or email </span><a href="mailto:ChanceyFleet@nypl.org" style="line-height:1.38;text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">ChanceyFleet@nypl.org</span></a><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">, 212-621-0627 to register.</span></li></ul><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;line-height:1.38;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Bookshare is easy to use on your computer, with no need for downloading or outside screenreaders, since their website does everything for you. If you'd like to also use it on a mobile device, Victor Reader, or library book player, or save books on your hard drive, you can try the attached, detailed instructions.</span><br><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><div><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><br></span></div></span></div><div><br></div></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library<div>40 West 20th Street</div><div>New York, NY 10011</div><div>212-206-5400</div><div>Toll-free 855-697-6975</div><div><br></div><div><font size="2">Have you heard about the free <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bard-mobile/id705229586?mt=8" target="_blank">BARD Mobile app</a> for iOS and Android devices?</font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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