[blparent] still trying to get the new harry potter book but not successful yet

[dawn stumpner]

Hi, Everybody! I mentioned before trying to get the new Harry 
Potter book (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) but having some 
trouble.  I've been trying for a month to get information about 
it, but although I've learned more about the situation, I still 
have not figured out how to resolve it.  Because it's a play, 
it's not available on Bookshare, and also because it's a play, 
NLS does not have the same ability to just start brailling or 
recording it.  They have asked the publishers for permission, but 
they still haven't gotten it.  National Braille Press did all the 
previous books, but the publisher of this new book wants a lot of 
money per copy of the book, so that is cost-prohibitive for them.  
The Royal National Institute for the Blind in the UK said I could 
buy the book from them, but this hasn't worked because they don't 
accept online orders, and they haven't been accepting credit card 
calls either for about 3 weeks.  CNIB (which provides books to 
blind people in Canada) has it on digital for loan, but I can't 
borrow it because I'm not from Canada, and it's not for sale.  
They said if I could figure out an international outer library 
loan, they could do that.  My city library can't do that, and I'm 
waiting to hear back from my NLS library about that.  I'm going 
to check with the Australian organization for braille for the 
blind to see if I have any luck there.  AUDIBLE doesn't have 
information about when / if it may be recorded.  This had better 
be a good book once I get it! (Haha) Please let me know if any of 
you has any ideas of other avenues to try or any luck getting it 
yourselves!
   Dawn