I was not familiar with Smash Words, so I clicked the link and looked around the site a bit. It was only a superficial look around, so I may have missed something, but it does not appear to be a source of books that Bookshare volunteers can submit. We have been instructed to not submit ebooks, but only actual print books that we have scanned. If you want an ebook in the collection you should contact the Bookshare publisher liaison. Somehow I just can't see printing out an ebook and then scanning the printout as acceptable. That printout is not a print book. It is only your own rendering of an ebook.
On 10/17/2012 9:46 AM, Martha Rafter wrote:
Blank Hi Netta,I think that this is something you should ask Madeleine or alisa. One or both should know for sure. HTH!*From:* Dornetta <mailto:dornetta@xxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:10 PM *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Smash Words books Hey guys;A few months back a list of safe publishers was emailed and on that list, Smash Words was listed as a safe publisher. My question is this, is anyone on this list a "member" of Smash Words? And if so, how would one submit a scan of Smash Words publications? I am asking because I am a "member" and although we can get books from Smash Words in several different formats (all formats to be exact), wouldn't printing out the word format of the book out and re-scanning it be "illegal" according to Bookshare?Some clarification please Netta Here is the link to the website: www.smashwords.com <http://www.smashwords.com> "Just because you are blind does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
