[bookshare-discuss] Re: Bookshare.org's Library Surpasses 20,000 Titles

Ron Miller <ron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> · Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:31:40 -0500

  Hurrah!

With hopes for 20,000 more!

Ron Miller 

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Thursday, January 13, 2005

Bookshare.org's Library Surpasses 20,000 Titles

By BneeTech

Project Is Largest Provider of Digital Books to the Visually Impaired, 
Learning Disabled

Bookshare.org announced today that its online collection of accessible 
digital books has now exceeded 20,000 titles. With its collection growing by

over 100 new books per week, Bookshare.org remains the world's largest 
provider of accessible digital books to individuals with visual impairments 
and learning disabilities. Through Bookshare.org, individuals with print 
disabilities have access to an extraordinarily diverse array of reading 
materials: from current bestsellers and literary classics to "how-to" books 
and textbooks. These books are provided to members as electronic text and 
can be read with the adaptive technology of the reader's choice, including 
text-to-speech software which read the book aloud and refreshable Braille 
devices that display the book line by line as tactile Braille.

"Twenty thousand books is an extremely exciting milestone for us," stated 
Janice Carter, Director of Literacy Programs. "Our goal from the start has 
been to create an experience for our members that rivals a non-disabled 
person's typical trip to the local bookstore or library. Every book that we 
add to Bookshare.org is an important achievement in pursuit of that goal."

Benetech's CEO, Jim Fruchterman, was pleased to announce that Janice Carter 
has joined the team as the Director of Literacy Programs, with 
responsibility for the Bookshare.org project. Fruchterman stated that 
"Carter has the vision, experience, and can-do attitude necessary to 
accomplish Benetech's goals in global literacy."

Carter brings nearly 20 years of entrepreneurial leadership and corporate 
executive management to Benetech. She previously served as Senior Vice 
President, Partner Development with ManyOne Networks, where she was 
instrumental in bringing together leading NGOs and nonprofit organizations 
to develop the Environmental Information Coalition. Prior to that, she was 
Senior Director of Business Development at Hyperion Solutions, a leading 
enterprise software company, held senior management positions at several 
Internet startups and Silicon Valley's leading software association, 
SDForum.org, and had a great deal of experience in content production and 
distribution as SVP Sales for Hasbro's broadcast group. Janice holds a BS in

Information Systems Management from the University of San Francisco.

About Bookshare.org

Bookshare.org offers a collection of over 20,000 accessible digital books to

members who have visual impairments or learning disabilities. The books are 
protected by a comprehensive digital rights management plan, which features 
extensive controls, including file encryption, watermarks, fingerprinting 
and a security watch program. Bookshare.org builds on 15 years of work in 
the adaptive technology field, originally under the Arkenstone name.

Bookshare.org is a project of Benetech, an innovative Silicon Valley 
nonprofit that develops technology projects to address pressing social 
issues in areas such as disability, human rights, literacy, education and 
the digital divide. Many technologies have compelling social applications 
that are not developed because such efforts do not meet investors' financial

expectations. Benetech specifically pursues endeavors with a strong social, 
rather than financial, rate of return on investment, bringing commercial 
technology and private sector management techniques to bear in creating 
innovative solutions to difficult social challenges.

http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_17046.shtml

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