[bookshare-discuss] FW: Re: OT: Ebooks and PDF. I'm going nuts here and need help

From: Lisa Friendly <lisaf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:56:10 -0700

Here is an update from Jim about our planning in the area of support for
ebooks.

Lisa

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From: Jim Fruchterman <Jim.F@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:13:36 -0700

Subject: RE: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Ebooks and PDF. I'm going nuts here
and need help

Lisa Friendly sent me a copy of the post about ebooks, and asked me to
comment about some of our unannounced plans.  We¹re working on a concept
called ³docaccess² with the TRACE Center at University of Wisconsin, to
provide on-demand access to PDF and image documents.  It¹s not ready for
prime-time yet, but we¹re hoping it will work to fix some of these problems.

We¹ve also floated some plans with the publishing industry about providing
access to locked ebooks, because we think this is an important problem.  As
Booksharians know, we don¹t take copyrighted digital ebooks except from the
publisher or author with written permission. So, we¹re proceeding cautiously
with this one.  No policy changes yet!

So, the main goal of this post is to let you know that we¹re aware of these
problems and hoping to come up with some decent solutions.

Jim 

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From: maithe007 <maithe007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 19:47:56 -0400
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: OT: Ebooks and PDF. I'm going nuts here and
need help

Hi Natalie!

I buy E-books and this is a common problem.  I have found that when I open
these books, JAWS will not read them at all.  In order to get them to read,
I save them as a text file instead of Adobe and then I can read the book.
Unfortunately, depending on the publishing house, this might not always
work.  The "big" publishers place protection on their books which I have not
been able to get around...yet!  I am going through this with some Jennifer
Crusie books I just bought and the company is trying to help me, but they
also have not been able to break the protection.

If you don't mind me asking, which publisher is this book from?  Is it
something like Changeling Press or Loose ID?

Maithe

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From:  Natalie  B. <mailto:lemina007@xxxxxxxxxxx>

To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:23  PM

Subject: [bookshare-discuss] OT: Ebooks  and PDF. I'm going nuts here and
need help

Hi everyone,

I really apologize for this e-mail, but I'm going  out of my mind and I'm
hoping someone on this mailing list can help me out in  any way possible.

Just some background infor: For a while I've been  interested in a few
ebooks on a particular website. I'd never bought an ebook  before, so was
very leery. Especailly since two of them came in PDF format.  While I
haven't had pleasant experiences with PDF, I've done okay.

Anyway, so this morning I took a chance and  purchase the books. Well, I've
been spending practically all day trying to  figure out why Jaws won't read
them. According to a couple of websites that  talked about using screen
readers with Adobe, I should be able to read  it.

However, that hasn't been the case. I'm pretty  sure the file is opening,
but no matter what I do, I can't seem to read the  file.

I followed as much as I could of the websites FAQ  stuff and I believe I
have the right Adobe, but I just can't read it! The  books didn't cost me
that much, but I would hate to think that I paid money  for something that I
can't enjoy.

I've already e-mailed the website, but as it's  Sunday, they won't be
responding until at the very least Monday. I'm too nuts  over this situation
to wait, which is why I'm e-mailing the list. Has anyone  had experiences
like mine? Did they ever get past them? Or am I just out of  luck?

I'll say thanks in advance. And if anyone wants  to e-mail me privately, my
e-mail is lemina007@xxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks,

Natalie

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