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

[Wendy Meuse]

Hi Dawn:  I sure do with you luck in getting the book.  I will be interested in seeing what you think once you get it.
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From: "dawn stumpner via BlParent" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 7:34 AM
Subject: [blparent] still trying to get the new harry potter book but not successful yet


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

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