I'd recommend calling bookshare directly. I haven't had much to do
with the daisy books on archive.org. I personally couldn't find
anything from them I wanted. However, it is a shame that that
collection is gone. I know they had loads of books.
On 2/3/22, Andy Shields <ashields2@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Good morning,
"The Archive" is still listed as an option under "Advanced Search." So I've
looked for specific authors whose books have been there, and then, specific
titles by those authors. All attempts refer me back to "Advanced Search"
without results.
I don't know what format options Bookshare had in place with the Archive in
the past. I do know that their large number of DAISY books are now either
gone or inaccessible. Attempts to download them from their own website
consistently produce the message "Encryption failed", and a person I
contacted at Internet Archive two years ago said that "the process was
broken."
So: are titles from the Archive still accessible through Bookshare in some
way, and if so, how? In spite of their inconsistent quality and scanning
errors, they had a lot of books that you couldn't find anywhere else in
accessible formats, and it really is a shame if they're all gone for good.
If Archive titles aren't available, why is the option still shown under
Advanced Search? I'm not annoyed, just bemused. I think I may have sent this
question to the list before, but got no response. Thanks for whatever help
someone can give me, especially some of you who have a close working
relationship with Bookshare.
Andy
