Fw: Ebook question: Please ask around
- From: "Bryan Garaventa" <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 29 May 2009 10:31:09 -0700
I know this is a bit off topic, but does anyone know the answer to this? Please
feel free to email me off list.
Thanks,
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: Joshua Loya
To: Bryan Garaventa
Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 10:05 AM
Subject: Ebook question: Please ask around
So, here's my question, to any and all who may have an answer. I'm
currently blind, which gives me very few options for purchasing commercially
available ebooks. I am aware of resources such as NLS and Bookshare, but I am
talking about books I can purchase, not get for free once someone has found it
worth it to convert into a specialized format. Most of the formats that I can
purchase, require me to sit at my computer in order to "read" the book I just
purchased. There are programs out there that convert a lot of different ebook
formats into .rtf, .html, and .txt files, but they don't convert books that
have drm (digital rights management) protection, which most ebooks from big
name publishing houses usually do. Does anybody know of a work around? I would
love to purchase commercially available ebooks and magazines, and have the
freedom to read them with my device of choice. Please let me know what you find
out, and feel free to forwrd this email to someone you know that might be able
to help. I only ask that you use discretion because what I am asking is in a
legal gray area. I am not tpersonally interested in using this technology for
unscrupulous purposes, but this type of technology could be used to steal
books, if one was so inclined.
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