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raccoon

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17. Can't they give those recorded books to another state if they don't want them?
Wed May 9, 2012, 07:47 AM
May 2012

I love recorded books...this is awful.



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Oh my god, how awful! My mother uses recorded books and a 'reading' machine. sinkingfeeling May 2012 #1
The state is trying to force all blind and visually handicapped people to shift to Nooks JPZenger May 2012 #2
How on earth does a blind person use a Nook????? kestrel91316 May 2012 #4
Some ereaders can read out loud JPZenger May 2012 #5
Oh ok I didn't think about that. kestrel91316 May 2012 #15
There is a big difference between books on tape and eReaders TBA May 2012 #16
Good points - reason for the new lawsuit against this change JPZenger May 2012 #18
So does my brother. That is tax payers money being dumped in the trash. Someone please start a jwirr May 2012 #8
My state seems to be plummeting toward the bottom in every respect, and the weird thing is enough May 2012 #3
The next step......the hunger games for the blind. penndragon69 May 2012 #6
But why trash the recordings? Couldn't they donate them to another library for the blind? yellowcanine May 2012 #7
Regulation JPZenger May 2012 #11
Then they should "sell" the whole collection for ten dollars. pnwmom May 2012 #12
Yep. progressoid May 2012 #14
Regulations can be changed. And every jurisdiction has provisions for "surplus property." yellowcanine May 2012 #13
Somewhere Ben Franklin is crying. . Poor Pennsylvania.. . . . .n/t annabanana May 2012 #9
This is insane, and heartless. nt SunSeeker May 2012 #10
Can't they give those recorded books to another state if they don't want them? raccoon May 2012 #17
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