[bksvol-discuss] books available from others sources--official attitude
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2008 21:36:45 -0800 (PST)
-For those of you who might have missed Jim
Fruchterman's post on the subject, in response to a
question about Baen books, I'm posting it here again.
Actually, I'm not sure if it was posted here or on the
bookshare list, or both but anyway, here is the
pertinent part:
G.Cindy
"The question of duplication (with other possible
means of obtaining
> accessible books) comes up frequently. Our general
answer is that we'd
> like to have the book. There are several reasons
for this:
> - format problems (what if PDF doesn't work for you?
What if you're
> deaf and blind and need Braille?)
> - format flexibility (what if you prefer Braille
over audio, even though
> you can hear? What if seeing and hearing the text at
the same time works
> better for you? What if you want to read one way
while mobile and
> another way while in your home or office?)
> - including some Bookshare.org users who are
excluded from some sources
> (because they have a learning disability, because
they are in a
> different country)
> - series completeness (we're increasingly trying to
make entire series
> available on Bookshare.org)
> - ease of access (what percentage of print disabled
people are likely to
> know about a given source, such as Baen's deal?)
> - cost savings (it's cheaper for us to deal with our
users than it is
> for publishers to do the same: that's often the
motivation for working
> with us)
> - Lowering the barrier to access by increasing task
success (we want the
> new and existing user to find the book he or she
wants the great
> majority of the time, so that they are confident in
the future of having
> access)
>
> I'm probably forgetting more reasons, but the key
one is Bookshare.org
> ethic for collection development. If one person in
our community
> thought it was worth scanning and validating, we
want that book. That's
> why 90% of the Bookshare.org collection is there.
Our low cost to add a
> book because of our dedicated volunteer community
makes this a
> responsible policy, while empowering our readers."
>
> Jim Fruchterman
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