[bksvol-discuss] Re: User cannot download NIMAC sourced book

  • From: "Donna Goodin" <goodind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:57:09 -0500

I'll see what I can find out.  My husband pays a lot of attention to this,
so I'm sure he'll eventually read the proposed law.
Donna

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> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of maithe007
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> No, but I would love to know about it.  I have several author friends
> who
> are Ebook authors and now I am wondering how this will affect them.
> 
> Hugs,
> 
> Maithe
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Goodin" <Goodind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 8:50 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: User cannot download NIMAC sourced book
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I don't have kids, but am sorry for those of you who do.  I wish that
> > schools would boycott Nimac books until they get over themselves, but
> > that's probably too much to hope for. *smile* Why Nimac can't get
> that a
> > blind parent might need to have access to their kids' schoolbooks I
> just
> > can't imagine.
> >
> > I was sharing this message with my husband, and he mentioned that
> there is
> > a law about etext that will be going before congress soon.  Anyone
> know
> > anything about this?
> > Best,
> > Donna
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >>From: "Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx"<Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Sent: 2/16/08 3:55:34 AM
> >>To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"<bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: User cannot download NIMAC sourced book
> >>
> >>We lost the battle to make NIMAC-sourced books available to blind
> >>parents when we pushed this at the NIMAS/NIMAC committee meetings.
> APH
> >>has taken a careful view of what can be done with these books, and
> the
> >>publishers became less flexible as the discussions went on about this
> >>because of other decisions they disagreed with.  As someone said,
> these
> >>are political decisions that trade off different interests and access
> >>for all suffers a bit in the process.
> >>
> >>The issue of permissions is a good one, and we're actually hiring for
> a
> >>full-time position to work with publishers and authors.  We'll see
> where
> >>it leads.
> >>
> >>These books are beautifully formatted XML that should glide
> effortlessly
> >>into our collection.  We're hoping to see more content like this.
> >>
> >>Jim
> >>
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