Members

Individual Subscriptions

Individual Subscriptions enable "all-you-can-read"* access to books in easy-to-use digital formats for a full year. Subscriptions cost 50 dollars plus a 25 dollar sign-up fee the first year.

U.S. students can request a free membership online through the new federal funding for student access to Bookshare.org.

Books and periodicals from Bookshare.org contain the full text of the publication (not pre-recorded audio) that can be read with the adaptive technology of the reader's choice. A talking software application is included with membership, providing members with one option for reading the books. The publications are also available in contracted digital Braille.

Starting an Individual Subscription

Starting a Bookshare.org subscription takes three simple steps:

1. Register

2. Provide proof of disability

3. Submit Payment or request a free student subscription after login
   

   • $25 sign up fee, $50 for the annual subscription.

For more information about using the Bookshare.org website, including recommended system requirements, visit the Getting Started Page

If you would like to try out Bookshare.org before joining, use the search functions to see what books and periodicals are available. You may also download any public domain books. Or, for a quick overview visit the sample download page.

Subscription Benefits

A library of accessible reading

Access to the full collection of copyrighted books and periodicals is only available to current Bookshare.org subscribers. By subscribing, you will be able to read books, newspapers and magazines that are not available from other accessible material providers. A new library will open up to you.

Unlimited Reading

Once you become a Bookshare.org subscriber, you can read to your heart's content. Whether you read primarily for pleasure, for school, or for reference, you will have access to as many books as you can read* from the Bookshare.org collection.

A full year of books

Your subscription to Bookshare.org is for an entire year. There are no per-download charges or other costs. Once you pay, you don't need to think about it for another 12 months. And we'll send you a reminder email when it's time to think about renewing.

Easy reading with the Victor Reader Soft DAISY player

As part of the subscription, every member can download talking software that will read material in the DAISY digital talking book format. The Victor Reader Soft DAISY player is a software program for PCs that enables you to navigate easily by paragraph and pages through the digital books and bookmark locations to return to at a later time. It has built in text-to-speech that can read the text aloud. The Victor Reader Soft, Bookshare.org Edition, will only read DAISY material downloaded from Bookshare.org. Experience the pleasure of reading in the DAISY format by becoming a Bookshare.org member.

* For practical reasons, members wishing to download more than 100 books a month should email support@bookshare.org to request extending the limit once the limit is reached.

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