[nabentre] Amazon Kindle

Sat Mar 31 19:43:33 UTC 2018

Thanks for that.

On 3/31/18, Brandon Keith Biggs via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello,
> Translating a book into Braille is pretty simple, you put it into DBT or
> Braille Blaster and hit translate. Then you read and edit the formatting to
> be correct. The price of the book would then be the cost of embossing +
> shipping + cost of labor + margin.
> Most transcribers are freelancers, so if you would like a transcriber, just
> google Braille transcriber, and you will find some.
> Thanks,
>
>
> Brandon Keith Biggs <http://brandonkeithbiggs.com/>
>
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 10:00 AM, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews via
> nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Yikes ,is right. Actually I think that's who I checked with, not APH.
>> It's sounds like I should look for freelance transcribers. Do they
>> exist?
>>
>> On 3/31/18, Lauren Merryfield via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> > National Braille Press will put your book into braille but one copy can
>> be
>> > over a hundred dollars. Yikes!
>> > Thanks,
>> > Lauren Merryfield
>> >
>> > Blessings in Jesus' name!
>> > "This is my command--be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or
>> > discouraged. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."
>> > Joshua 1:9
>> > My evangelism blog is at ask in jesus name . org Visit us at catlines .
>> com
>> > with our store coming soon.  (remove the spaces.) Advice from my
>> cats:"Meow
>> > when you feel like it."
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: nabentre <nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Nicole
>> > Valicia
>> > Thompson-Andrews via nabentre
>> > Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2018 12:01 AM
>> > To: NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List <nabentre at nfbnet.org>
>> > Cc: Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews <goldyemoran at gmail.com>
>> > Subject: Re: [nabentre] Amazon Kindle
>> >
>> > My distributor Smashwords distributes via Ibooks. The form for Amazon
>> > Kindle
>> > isn't blind-friendly. The book is planned for next January. I'm
>> > self-publishing and also plan to sell via my website. It's under my
>> > Mellissa
>> > Green pen name. I've created my own genre, intergalactic Culinary
>> thriller.
>> > You have to be 16 and up due to content. This is the first of fifteen
>> main
>> > serials in my Yemorans series. Yemora is one of the planet featured,
>> though
>> > the world is called Mercinkira. The first book is called Kaos Reigns a
>> > Whydunnit Serial. It's a bout a gender-shifting child terrorist who
>> > want
>> > Intergalactic domination.
>> > There are female pedophiles and fetal abduction and Domestic violence.
>> > There are also recipes and constructed languages. You can even add it
>> > to
>> > your Goodreads list. Smashwords also now distributes to Audible.
>> > They just started offering that last week I think. Not sure what I'd do
>> > about braille.APH won't do it, I checked, nor will Hadley. I know
>> there's a
>> > service in Michigan, but my family and I have sinced moved to
>> Greensboro. I
>> > can mention it to the people in my support group, as I'm now involved
>> > in
>> > their mini-adjustment program. It meets twice weekly and will end his
>> > April.Someone in one of my other online groups had mentioned there
>> > should
>> > be
>> > a Braille on Demand service like Print on Demand. My guess is I
>> > couldn't
>> > sell braille coppies via my website.
>> > I've also been in contact with Bookshare they're just awaiting the
>> > copy.
>> >
>> > On 3/30/18, Peter Donahue via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >> Hello Nicole and everyone,
>> >>
>> >>      If it's books you're wanting to sell how about offering them
>> through
>> >
>> >> services like Amazon Kindle or Apple's iBooks. If you do that and the
>> >> subject mattter is to our liking you already sold two copies.
>> >>
>> >> Peter Donahue
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: nabentre [mailto:nabentre-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>> >> Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews via nabentre
>> >> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2018 6:51 PM
>> >> To: NAB Entrepreneurs Mailing List
>> >> Cc: Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews
>> >> Subject: Re: [nabentre] Accessible Work-From-Home Opportunities
>> >>
>> >> I'm also going to look into other sreams of passive income all online,
>> >> as well as add more services of my own. I may take the plunge and
>> >> guest
>> > post.
>> >>
>> >> On 3/30/18, Nicole Valicia Thompson-Andrews <goldyemoran at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>> Once my website goes back live again, I'll be writing my affiliate
>> >>> blog posts. I've already partnered with some affiliate programs, my
>> >>> web host and the company I'm going to use to distribute my books
>> >>> through, as I buy books from them under another account. I'm
>> >>>
>> >>> On 3/30/18, Peter Donahue via nabentre <nabentre at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >>>> Hello again everyone,
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>                 While I can't speak for other work-from-home
>> >>>> opportunities and their accessibility I can say that our team and
>> >>>> our parent company are working hard to make their Internet and
>> >>>> mobile sites and apps accessible with assistive technology. I know
>> >>>> this for a fact because I have worked with our teams' project
>> >>>> coordinator to make our mobile suite of apps usable with screen
>> >>>> readers and other assistive technology.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>                 In addition to working with our team I and a few
>> >>>> other blind entrepreneurs are working closely with our parent
>> >>>> company to insure the accessibility of all of it's Web and mobile
>> >>>> resources. They're working with WCAG, Microsoft and others including
>> >>>> us their end users to achieve this goal before their new Website
>> >>>> goes live later this year. We're also urging them to make these
>> >>>> resources available on more platforms such as Apple T.V.
>> >>>> Amazon Fire T.V., Roku,and others.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>                 Contrary to what some have said here there are
>> >>>> companies working hard to make the business doable from one's home
>> >>>> and further eliminating many of the obstacles Lauren outlined in her
>> >>>> message earlier today. For example our parent company heavily frowns
>> >>>> on partners stocking large product inventories' they may never move.
>> >>>> Rather they have in place a "Direct fulfillment" program where team
>> >>>> members and customers have their products shipped directly from the
>> >>>> company to them saving the team member the hassle of having to
>> >>>> deliver the products themselves. This along with our Web and mobile
>> >>>> technology allowed many business activities to be done from one's
>> >>>> home. We currently service customers in Dallas and in several cities
>> >>>> in Massachusetts all without leaving home. Under certain conditions
>> >>>> we can also operate in certain countries and territories directly
>> >>>> from the U.S.
>> >>>> making it possible to have team members and customers in places such
>> >>>> as Canada and the Dominican Republic to name a few.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>                 What some of you people are looking for is staring
>> >>>> you right in the face. Will you have the good sense to board this
>> >>>> train before it leaves the station or wwill you keep on wishing and
>> >>>> hoping achieving absolutely nothing? Had someone not given us a good
>> >>>> kick in the pants and pushed us to seace opportunity I may have
>> >>>> spent several nights on the streets of Boston and Mary may hnot have
>> >>>> her Braille-Edge 40;. All the best.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>                 Peter Donahue who looks forward to attending the
>> >>>> Bracebridge Dinner at Yosemite National Park with wife Mary but
>> >>>> wouldn't want to go there alone.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
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