[blindlaw] accessing textbooks while in law school

[Bill Spiry]

Readers like Kinddel and Nook are well and fine but I found they lack the
flexibility I needed with texts for law school. Bottom line is that most of
us need to have the capability to make notes and mark up law texts to enable
efficient review and reference later. Getting my books to a word format gave
me that capability. I can't imagine what a hassle it would have been to have
my book in a format with such limited markup. The point is, you'll likely
best be served by pushing to get your texts in Word or at least PDF so you
can convert them into an editable format for law school. Resources on my
mobile devices certainly are useful for me in my practice but they wouldn't
have gotten me through LS.

pushing  


Bill Spiry
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael
Nowicki
Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [blindlaw] accessing textbooks while in law school

What about the e-book reader Blio?  How does it compare with the others
discussed in this conversation, in particular with regards to the
availability of law school textbooks?

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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bill Spiry
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 12:57 PM
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Note that some universities disability services offer a scanning service for
converting textbooks for students with disabilities. The U of Oregon does
this in association with the main library on campus. Very useful for those
few texts I could not get digitally from publishers and for large packets
assembled for some courses by professors.

I suggest asking your campus office for students with disabilities an/or the
campus library if such a service is available.


Bill Spiry
Attorney at Law
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From: blindlaw [mailto:blindlaw-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Luis Mendez
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Don't forget, that if all else fails, you still have the option to scan the
material you need to read.  In some cases that will be your only option..
Therefore it is important that you acquire a high quality ,high capacity,
high-speed scanning system. I rely on such a system in my practice. 

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On Jun 9, 2013, at 7:49 PM, Laura Wolk <laura.wolk at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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