I'm still not clear on whether that means porting over the rtf or buying the book and scanning. Perhaps I'm not awake yet. <sigh>
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 12:36 AMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] books available from others sources--official attitude
-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 obtainingaccessible books) comes up frequently. Our generalanswer is that we'dlike to have the book. There are several reasonsfor this:- format problems (what if PDF doesn't work for you?What if you'redeaf and blind and need Braille?) - format flexibility (what if you prefer Brailleover audio, even thoughyou can hear? What if seeing and hearing the text atthe same time worksbetter for you? What if you want to read one waywhile mobile andanother way while in your home or office?) - including some Bookshare.org users who areexcluded from some sources(because they have a learning disability, becausethey are in adifferent country) - series completeness (we're increasingly trying tomake entire seriesavailable on Bookshare.org) - ease of access (what percentage of print disabledpeople are likely toknow about a given source, such as Baen's deal?) - cost savings (it's cheaper for us to deal with ourusers than it isfor publishers to do the same: that's often themotivation for workingwith us) - Lowering the barrier to access by increasing tasksuccess (we want thenew and existing user to find the book he or shewants the greatmajority of the time, so that they are confident inthe future of havingaccess) I'm probably forgetting more reasons, but the keyone is Bookshare.orgethic for collection development. If one person inour communitythought it was worth scanning and validating, wewant that book. That'swhy 90% of the Bookshare.org collection is there.Our low cost to add abook because of our dedicated volunteer communitymakes this aresponsible policy, while empowering our readers." Jim Fruchterman To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subjectline. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available athttp://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, andknow-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.-- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.17.13/1211 - Release Date: 1/6/2008 11:57 AM
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