[nabs-l] Fw: Reading Rights Coalition Denounces Random House

[alena roberts]

I am with most of you that this issue is not about NLS or RFB&D being
threatened. We have laws that protectus as long as we've proven that
we have print disabilities. This issue is that Random House is cutting
everyone off. If the kindle ever becomes fully accessible, it would
represent our first opportunity to buy books that are accessible to us
without having to show a doctor's note. I believe that Random House's
library is huge, and many popular authors like Stephen King use Random
House as their publisher. As I said in my blog, I hope this backfires
and that it ends up hurting them enough to realize that consumers
aren't going to tollerate their blatent discrimination. If you guys
are interested, you can read all my posts about this issue at
http://www.blindgal.com

Alena

On 5/20/09, Linda Stover <liamskitten at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Does anyone have any stats as to just how many books are under Random
> House's control?  I know they are one of the largest publishers in the
> United States, and I'm wondering what the exact severity of this
> particular blow is in the number of books we have just been denied
> access to.  Thanks.
> Courtney
>
> On 5/20/09, Kevin LaRose <kevin at kevinlarose.net> wrote:
>> Wow, how did we get from talking about the Kindle to the government
>> shutting
>> down NLS. I haven't heard even a hint of a whisper that anybody is even
>> thinking about anything like that. There are enough battles to fight
>> without
>> inventing ones that don't even exist.
>> Kevin L.
>>
>>
>> I'm protected by SpamBrave
>> http://www.spambrave.com/
>>
>>
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Alena Roberts
Blog: http://www.blindgal.com/