[bksvol-discuss] Re: FW: Saddleback Educational Publishing Has Signed Our Agreement
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 11:43:13 -0500
This is a great addition, they are a great publisher.
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From: Scott Rains
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Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 6:58 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] FW: Saddleback Educational Publishing Has Signed
Our Agreement
Volunteers,
The memo below was just circulated to all Bookshare staff. The wiki has been
updated to reflect the change.
Scott Rains
Saddleback Educational Publishing, established in 1982 and based in Irvine,
California, has signed our agreement, giving us world rights to their titles.
They are migrating to EPUB from PDF and their files will be distributed by
TecKnoQuest, a distributor for many U.S. educational publishers, based in
Canada.
Saddleback’s list is an ideal one for Bookshare’s. Their focus is on
intervention for struggling learners. They publish thousands of high-interest,
low-reading-level curriculum materials well as educational paperbacks for
students ages 10 to 16 in middle school and high school and in alternative
education and special education. They also serve adult learners. Their aim is
to provide students with materials presented at a low enough instructional
level so that more valuable time can be spent teaching content. All their
materials are also appropriate for learning English as asecond language.
Their hip and engagingly designed series range from biographies (everyone
from Albert Einstein to American Idol stars – to Helen Keller!) to series on
American history, science, social science, math, and language arts.
They are an important and visible member of the Association of Educational
Publishers and Tim McHugh, the VP of Sales and Marketing, who spearheaded
getting the agreement signed, is a highly respected voice in educational
publishing. Along with his highly regarded peers in the AEP who have signed
with Bookshare -- Bill Evans (Evan-Moor), Mike Ross (Encyclopaedia Britannica),
John Morse (Merriam-Webster), Becky Snyder (ABC-CLIO) and David Beamon
(National Science Teachers Association) -- we now have critical advocates in
this influential organization. Additionally, Saddleback’s (and Evan-Moor’s)
distributor, Kevin Davis of TecKnoQuest, who has also been a big supporter of
Bookshare, will be playing an important role ongoing of advocating for
Bookshare with his clients.
http://www.sdlback.com/t-categories.aspx
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