[Arizona-students] E-Book Sources

Tue Dec 7 02:40:27 CST 2004

Here's a couple more.  the list Arielle forwarded covered a ton of them 
however, wow!

. Book Share <
http://www.bookshare.org/web/Welcome.html>

. Project Gutenberg <
http://promo.net/pg>

. Internet Public Library <
http://www.ipl.org>

Best,

Allison

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arielle Silverman" <Arielle.Silverman at asu.edu>
To: <arizona-students at nfbnet.org>
Cc: "Adam Brotherton" <adam.brotherton at asu.edu>; "Laura Bratton" 
<Laura.Bratton at asu.edu>; <mgleckler at cox.net>; "Sydney Freedman" 
<hbbjf at extremezone.com>; "Jenny Kasl" <jennifer.kasl at asu.edu>; "Kathy 
Tillery" <kathy at u.arizona.edu>; <kjhoge at comcast.net>; 
<write_alice at yahoo.com>; "Jasmine Newton" <Jessicah.Newton at asu.edu>; 
"Stephanie Lanari" <stephanie.lanari at asu.edu>; <jaysukhee.min at asu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 3:03 AM
Subject: [Arizona-students] E-Book Sources

>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "slery" <slerythema at allvantage.com>
> To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> 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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