[Arizona-students] E-Book Sources

[Arielle Silverman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "slery" <slerythema at allvantage.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
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Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 10:50 PM
Subject: other sources was RE: [nabs-l] digital/e-books at Amazon


> Arielle, (and list)
>
> Here are the links for ebooks I promised.  All links were tested before I
> pasted them here.  Some of the sites have free ebooks and some of them you
> have to pay per book (one also includes html format books) but none of 
> them
> are a subscription service.
>
> Cindy
>
> http://www.abacci.com/books/default.asp
>
> http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/
>
> http://www.blackmask.com/page.php
>
> http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/
>
> http://www.booksurge.com/search.php3?field=publisher&search=novelbooks
>
> http://www.ebookad.com/results.php3?title=&aname=&format=&isbn=&sub=&info=&p
> rice=&agegroup=&bda=b&month=1&year=2005&orderby=title&pubid=2254&x=27&y=17
>
> If the last three above do not work, go directly to 
> http://www.booksurge.com
> Booksurge is not selling any more on their site but their books are
> available through those three links.
>
> http://www.searchebooks.com/
>
> http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
>
> http://www.braille.org/braille_books/#index
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org
>> [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle Silverman
>> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 2:13 AM
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] digital/e-books at Amazon
>>
>>
>> Does anyone know of any other repositories for accessible
>> textbooks (audio
>> or digital, or even Braille) besides Amazon and RFB/D?
>>
>> Arielle
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "slery" <slerythema at allvantage.com>
>> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 8:38 AM
>> Subject: [nabs-l] digital/e-books at Amazon
>>
>>
>> > There are two parts to this message.  First, is a tip that
>> I use but a
>> > fellow student had never thought of so I thought I would
>> share.  When
>> > I call the University bookstore for a list of my books, I
>> make sure to
>> > ask for the
>> > ISBN.  Then I go to Amazon and use the ISBN to gather more
>> information
>> > about
>> > the book.  I check the title I was given in case there is a
>> sub-title that
>> > was not given over the phone.  Then check the spelling of
>> the author and
>> > get
>> > the whole name.  Next, I look up the publisher and any
>> editors as well as
>> > the edition and copyright date.  Once I have this
>> information, I can then
>> > begin searching for the book in alternative format.  I
>> found that having
>> > all
>> > of these variables to look under makes it easier to find
>> the information
>> > since not every source always has it exactly.  In addition,
>> finding the
>> > edition and the copyright date allows me to determine if the version
>> > available is the exact same one that my classmates are
>> using. If not, I
>> > can
>> > then approach the professor and we can figure out if it is a viable
>> > alternative or if I need to go ahead and scan the book.
>> Often, I will
>> > scan
>> > the book any way because it makes it easier to find
>> material to quote if
>> > you
>> > have to write a paper on it, but this allows me to
>> determine how quickly I
>> > need the scan completed.
>> >
>> > Okay, now finally on to my second point.  While doing a
>> search of my
>> > books at Amazon, I discovered that two of them are available in
>> > digital format (as well as Audio Cassette and Audio CD).  They are
>> > available as e-books in either MS Reader or Adobe Reader.
>> I have used
>> > a book at Fictionwise and Adobe allowed me to save it as a
>> text file
>> > and then I could use any application I wanted.  Has anyone had any
>> > experience with digital books from
>> > Amazon?
>> >
>> > Cindy
>> >
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