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 > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of maithe007 > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 1:42 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: User cannot download NIMAC sourced book > > 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 > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a > list > >>of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject > line. > >> > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a > list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject > line. > > > > > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.20.7/1283 - Release Date: > 2/16/2008 > > 2:16 PM > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a > list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the > subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.