[blindlaw] accessing textbooks while in law school

[Sy Hoekstra]

Hey Laura,

I'm a rising 3L. Both in my current law school, the law school I transferred
from, and undergrad, there was a person in the disability office who would
contact publishers for me once I got them a receipt saying I had purchased
the book. I can always resell them for the price I bought them for. So far,
I have found law book publishers to be much more responsive to these
requests than publishers generally. But I've never even attempted to do it
myself. I only go through the school's office.

The iPhone Kindle app is terrible, even with the new supposed accessibility
features. I've never tried Nook or iBooks. I get all textbooks in pdf form
and read them using Kurzweil on Windows.

Sy


-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bill Spiry
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 8:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] accessing textbooks while in law school

The publishers will provide accessible electronic copies of your text but
they do require that you have proof of purchase for each textbook. The
publishers also require that you purchase them new, not used. The publishers
wouldn't deal with me directly, I had to arrange for the books through our
Assistant Dean of student affairs. 

I purchased most of my texts via Amazon, usually considerabley less
expensively than they would have been at the U bookstore. I was able to
resell the books in that condition to other students pretty easily for what
I paid for them.

Bill Spiry
Attorney at Law
(541) 510-2623
Bill.spiry at gmail.com 

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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Laura Wolk
Sent: Sunday, June 09, 2013 4:49 PM
To: blindlaw at nfbnet.org
Subject: [blindlaw] accessing textbooks while in law school

hello,

i'm sure this question gets asked rather frequently, but i am wondering if
anyone can provide some guidance about accessing textbooks for law school. i
have been out of undergrad for 4 years and so much has changed since i left
school.

i am aware that the nook, kindle, etc are inaccessible, but what about
getting the nook and kindle apps on my iPhone/iPad? are these platforms then
accessible? if books are available as nookbooks, kindles, or on ibooks, am i
able to use my apple devices to access them? how about from a windows
computer?

secondly, while in undergrad i was mostly successful at contacting the
permissions departments of publishers to have them provide electronic copies
for me. sometimes the disabilities office needed to intervene, but i got
many books this way. i have as of yet not had success doing this with law
books. can anyone provide any tips of the trade to be more successful at
this?

i greatly appreciate any advice you might be able to offer.

thanks,
laura

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