Bookshare

Bookshare.org is a resource for digital text for QUALIFYING students with print disabilities. Access to Bookshare.org is free for K-12 students in the US. Your school needs to sign up in order to gain access to digital books for eligible students.

[|Qualifying Students] [|Membership Options:]

Individual Memberships
An individual membership allows any individual with a qualifying print disability to download books from Bookshare. Individuals can have their own individual membership and can also be listed on an organization’s membership. Students under the age of 18 need permission from a parent or guardian to sign up with Bookshare. The default number of downloads per month is 100 books. Individuals wanting more may [|increase this default by contacting Bookshare].
 * **Membership Type** || **Cost** ||
 * **Qualifying U.S. students:**
 * **K-12 (public and private)**
 * **Home-schooled students**
 * **Post-secondary (public and private)**
 * **Adult education** || Free ([| Currently funded by OSEP]) ||
 * **All other U.S. individuals** || $75 ($25 one-time set up fee + $50 annual fee) ||

**Organizational Memberships**
Organizations that serve adults and students with print disabilities may register for [|organizational memberships]. Organizations that might want to register for membership include: schools at all levels, libraries, rehabilitation agencies, resource centers, retirement communities and group homes both inside and outside the U.S. With this type of membership, teachers and/or staff members (Sponsors) download books for their students and/or clients (Members). These organizations provide Bookshare with: Organizations can also recommend that their Members sign up for individual memberships so they can download books on their own. Currently, memberships for U.S. educational institutions are [|funded by OSEP], and are therefore free. Other organizations can purchase memberships as described in the table below. U.S. public K-12 schools with memberships have access to Bookshare’s NIMAC-sourced (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Center) textbooks and can download these books for students who are Chafee qualified and have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP).
 * Roster of Sponsors: teachers and/or staff members who will download the books
 * Roster of Members: students and/or clients with [|qualifying print disabilities] who will read the books

Organizational Memberships Options
Or, by Funding Individual Memberships $75 ($25 one-time set up fee + $50 annual fee) ||
 * **Membership Type** || **Cost** ||
 * **U.S.** **schools:**
 * **K-12**
 * **Colleges and universities**
 * **All other educational institutions** || Free for all U.S. schools ([|Funded by OSEP]) ||
 * **All other U.S. organizations** || By Number of Books
 * 30 book block $300
 * 60 book block $450
 * 100 book block $600

[|Finding Books]

Downloading Books

[|Reading Tools]