[blind-education] Re: eletronic books
- From: stewart_1@xxxxxxxxxxx
- To: blind-education@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 20:05:37 -0600 (CST)
You could try to join bookshare.org and they have many books .txt-ed. If you're
in college anywhere in the USA you get your membership free. Just contact them
and let them know.
As noted you can contact the publisher's directly but they mostly work through
bookshare. I'm teaching US history and my attempts to work with Pierson's have
gone poorly. They just don't work well with the blind community; and I'm
faculty! I'd hate to see how little they might do for students. :P
Mike
Jan 22, 2011 08:19:56 AM, blind-education@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
You can always email the publisher or join a mailing list for ebooks.
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From: david ingram
To: blind-education@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, 22 January, 2011 12:19:30
Subject: [blind-education] Re: eletronic books
Hi, my question is how can i actually get in touch with the publishers of books
to see if they have electronic versions of the books available from the
beginning? This is the question that i have because i'm taking classes this
term and i want to make sure that i have access to the textual material in the
books at the same time that my sighted counterparts do. Is that too much to
ask and it could definiately cut down on having to depend on rfbd because they
are a good place but because they don't have a great number of volunteers who
are knowledgable about certain subjects and the fact that it takes a year at
the least before a book is completed. What choices do we really have.
----- Original Message -----
From: Marvin Hunkin
To: blind-education@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 22, 2011 4:32 AM
Subject: [blind-education] eletronic books
hi.
well publishers should be made aware of blind people and eletronic texts.
like i am doing a online it course from http://www.oten.edu.au, and had to ahve
a e book, provide remote help desk support.
so as that was out of print, was able to get an eletronic pdf copy.
my two cents worth.
marvin.
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