[Dtb-talk] If you are a student, BookShare is now free

Tue Oct 2 20:29:32 CDT 2007

Valery,

Aren't most books used for educational purposes? Sure, there are books made 
for mass public consumption, and have great entertainment value, but I still 
submit that most books have an educational purpose. Even if you read Stephen 
King so you can have better nightmares at might, you are still educating 
yourself to some degree by reading his books.

Respectfully submited

Antonio Guimaraes

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Lewis" <vlewis at suffolk.lib.ny.us>
To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] If you are a student, BookShare is now free

> Brett,
>
> Yes, I understand. I too am blind and apprecitae information in almost any
> accessible format. However, if books used for educational purposes are 
> being
> scanned and not being proof read, that cannot be good.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Brett Winches
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 9:53 AM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] If you are a student, BookShare is now free
>
> Valarie, Each book is validated but some errors do creep in even those
> in standard publications.  For the most part if the book comes directly
> from  the publisher the errors are dramatically reduced.
> For many the trade off of having the book nearly when the other students
> have it may be worth it.  If I had things to do over again I would use
> the Book Share books.
>
> ###
> BRETT WINCHESTER
> bwinchester at icbvi.idaho.gov
> 208-639-8386
> ###
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Valerie Lewis
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 7:30 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] If you are a student, BookShare is now free
>
> Good morning all,
>
> Is it my misunderstanding or is it correct that the books available from
> Bookshare are not proof read. If this is the case, should these books be
> used for educational purposes? If this is not correct, please provide me
> with the correct information.
>
> Valerie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Pratik Patel
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 7:45 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] If you are a student, BookShare is now free
>
> The figure of 32 million is in question and may be lower.  It's a
> possibility that it was a typo.  Inquiries are pending.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Aaron Cannon
> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 5:25 PM
> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
> Cc: National Association of Blind Students mailing list; Discussion of
> Digital Talking Books
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] If you are a student, BookShare is now free
>
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> This was just posted to the bookshare.org site:
>
> We're happy to share incredible news, which will transform
> Bookshare.org. On Friday, the Office of Special Education Programs of
> the U.S. federal Department of Education made a major five-year award of
> $32 million to Bookshare.org. This will further the objectives of the
> Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), by supplying high
> quality textbooks and educational materials to students with special
> needs.
>
> This funding is to fully support all schools and students with
> qualifying print disabilities in the United States, K-12 and
> post-secondary, with access to the entire Bookshare.org collection of
> accessible electronic books and to software for reading those books. As
> of October 1, 2007, we will cease charging these schools and students
> anything to join Bookshare.org. We also expect to add over 100,000 new
> educational titles in high quality DAISY and Braille formats over the
> next five years, getting students the terrific quality textbooks they
> need for academic success!
>
>
> And, from an email:
>
> Forwarded from Jim Fruchterman:
>
> I'm happy to share incredible news, which will transform Bookshare.org.
> On Friday, the Office of Special Education Programs of the U.S. federal
> Department of Education made a major five-year award of $32 million to
> Bookshare.org.
>
> This funding is to fully support all schools and students with
> qualifying print disabilities in the United States, K-12 and
> post-secondary, with access to the entire Bookshare.org collection of
> accessible electronic books and to software for reading those books.  As
> of October 1, 2007, we will cease charging these schools and students
> anything to join Bookshare.org as members.
>
> In this initial news flash, I can't begin to share with you all of our
> plans for Bookshare.org now with this funding.  But, we are planning on
> adding more than 100,000 new educational books and materials to our
> existing collection of over 34,000 titles.  We are going to reach out to
> every student, every family with a disabled student, and every school in
> the U.S.
> to offer them the chance to join the Bookshare.org community and
> transform the practice of making books accessible.  We are going to
> coordinate with schools and publishers to deliver the best quality
> content possible and lower their costs in meeting our shared obligations
> to serve every student with a disability in the nation.  We expect to
> provide millions of books to students through this new program over the
> next five years, at a tenth or less of the historical cost of providing
> these services.
>
> And, we expect our improvements to serve all of these students will make
> Bookshare.org better for all of our Bookshare.org users. Bookshare.org's
> track record of being highly responsive to our members will be enhanced
> with significant funding to implement major improvements to our content
> and services.
>
> Our volunteer community is an essential part of what made this grant
> possible, and you are a crucial part to making this a success in the
> future.
> Your
> commitment to our shared vision of better access to information is core
> to where we are heading.
>
> We want to make equal access to educational materials for disabled
> students a reality!
>
> Jim
>
> Jim Fruchterman
>
> President and CEO
>
>
>
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