Fw: Ebook question: Please ask around

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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