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Oct 18, 2020

Bookshare

Updated: Jun 26, 2022

Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading. Get unlimited access: FREE for qualified U.S. students and schools, less than $1 per week for adults, and reduced fees in certain countries.


To join Bookshare, students must have a qualifying disability like dyslexia, blindness, low vision, retinitis pigmentosa, and cerebral palsy. Educators can sign up all qualified students and provide unlimited access to books. Bookshare is free for U.S. schools that support students with qualifying disabilities: K-12 public and private schools, colleges and universities, trade schools, Perkins School for the Blind, and Hadley School for the Blind. Qualified U.S. students can also sign up for free Individual Memberships. 


With Bookshare, students who struggle with reading can access books in alternative formats and customize their reading experience to suit their individual learning style.  How can students read with Bookshare?

  • Listen to books in audio (and customize voices and reading speed)

  • Follow along with text and karaoke-style highlighting

  • Enlarge font sizes, change font type, color, background, and highlighting

  • Read in braille

  • Read on computers, tablets, smartphones, and assistive technology devices

Bookshare offers nearly 10,000 public domain books that anyone, including non-members, can read with Bookshare Web Reader and other compatible tools. Learn how to find and read freely available Bookshare books. Check out these hand-curated lists of recommended freely available titles:


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