Author: Mario Oliveros, Bookshare Marketing

Congratulations to all who participated in the Bookshare Express Summer Reading Event.  This year, we had over 245 Bookshare members participate all over the world, submitting over 775 entries.  Way to go! In this year’s reading event, participants took virtual trips by reading books about different places, planets and imaginary places. They traveled from Alaska in Akiak: A Tale of the Iditarod to Bloors Academy and an underground passage in Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors. After completing their journeys, participants shared what they learned! This year, we expanded the contest to include two divisions: one for international and…

Are you looking for something fun to do this summer? Get on the Bookshare Express, our annual summer reading event! This summer, all Individual Bookshare Members are invited to participate in our annual reading event that keeps getting better. In the event this year, take a trip to places near and far, real or imaginary, all through books! How do you participate? There are two ways to participate in this summer’s reading event: Summer Contest for U.S. students with Individual Memberships Summer Promotion for non-students and International Members Summer Contest for U.S. Student Members U.S. student members are invited to…

We are excited to announce that Bookshare now serves over 150,000 student members and has over 125,000 books in the collection.  Of these, 80,000 are educational titles that continue to pour into the library from publishers, as well as hundreds of student textbook requests that are fulfilled every month! These are major milestones that we have achieved a year ahead of schedule as part of our 5-year Bookshare for Education (B4E) award from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). We look forward to continuing our support of students with print disabilities. To this end, Benetech,…

October is National Dyslexia Awareness Month, and Bookshare invites you to help spread the word. Dyslexia is a language-based learning disability that results in people having difficulties with specific language skills, particularly reading.  You can learn more about dyslexia by visiting the International Dyslexia Association website. Individuals with severe cases of dyslexia may find it very difficult or virtually impossible to read traditional print books. Bookshare makes printed text accessible to people with print disabilities like dyslexia, visual impairments, and physical disabilities by allowing them to listen to books with highly natural text-to-speech voices, read multi-modally (see and hear words…