Search Help Center
Your student Bookshare account allows you to read books assigned by your teacher, books shared with you on a Reading List or books you have previously downloaded.Log into your account:On your My Bookshare Page you will see tabs for Assigned Books and Reading Lists.... more
While we greatly appreciate the generosity of those who wish to donate print books to Bookshare, limits on space, staff and funding currently prevent us from accepting them. We suggest that you offer these books to other libraries who are actively seeking such... more
Listen to books in MP3 format with Windows Media Player or Groove Music (default media player)Set your download preference to MP3 audioDownload a book from our human-narrated audio reading list in “audio” format. Audiobooks take a bit longer to prepare to download, so... more
The Pac Mate device can access the updated Bookshare website once the option to "warn when page content is blocked due to security settings" is disabled. To disable this option please:Press the Alt key if you have a QX, or f4 and f5 if you have a BXLocate the Menu and... more
Standard search
Video Tutorial: Search for Bookshare Books
×
You may want to start with a simple search in the standard search box at the top of every page. This box searches... more
Welcome to the new www.bookshare.org website. What follows is a description of what’s changed from the perspective of a screen reader user. The first significant difference you will notice is the absence of the log in email and password prompts. To display them,... more
The New York Times Bestsellers now resides in our new Browse section. Select the Browse link from just under our standard search field.
The newspapers are now in our new Browse section. Select the Browse link found just under our standard search and select the Newspapers and Magazines link.
Bookshare Individual Memberships can now agree to the Bookshare Terms and Conditions online, and access the Proof of Disability form directly from their account. Bookshare Organizational Membership and other forms can now be found within our Legal section.
Bookshare members agree to our Terms of Use online. If the member is under 18 the Parent or Guardian must complete the online digital agreement. You can complete the Individual Membership Agreement online using the following steps: 1. Log in to your Bookshare account... more
Get Help from the Experts -- Our Volunteers!Join the Bookshare Volunteer Discussion List to connect by email with other Bookshare volunteers. Ask questions and share suggestions related to book scanning, proofreading, and accessibility.Subscribe: Send a blank email... more
Eligibility for Bookshare is defined by copyright law, not education law. However, below are examples of how we might describe Bookshare’s eligibility criteria in terms more familiar to those who work in education.If a student finds it difficult to process or... more
A person who is temporarily disabled when it comes to reading print may utilize Bookshare services during the period of significant print disability. However, once an individual has regained the ability to read normally, he or she no longer qualifies for access to... more
The 95% of the population who can pick up a book and read it (or could if they learned to read) do not qualify for Bookshare. The copyright exception exists to help the small number of people whose conditions have a major impact on their ability to read. Other people... more
Bookshare operates under an amendment to Copyright law. The full technical and legal details are available on the Library of Congress’ Chafee Amendment page and the supporting regulations (Section B.2.i.). If you are certifying someone who has a physically-based... more