[nabs-l] Textbook Questions

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Those books on that website say that they work on the i-pad. Anyone have 
experience with e-text on the i-pad?

Thanks for all of your quick responses.
Mark


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ignasi Cambra" <ignasicambra at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Textbook Questions


> Just make sure the books are actually accessible... Maybe you can send 
> them an email or call them or something... These days everyone loves 
> saying that they are committed to accessibility, but that really doesn't 
> necessarily mean that their products are actually accessible to 
> everyone...
> On Aug 26, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Greg wrote:
>
>> Hello Mark,
>> Try www.coursesmart .com  I have been looking into them.  Their textbooks 
>> are all in an electronic format.  From what I read on an accessibility 
>> link on the site, they are committed to accessibility.  You can either 
>> get the books in an online format or downloadable format that you read 
>> with their reader.  You get the books for 180 days and you can copy and 
>> paste what you need.  I have not purchased a book yet, but I thought I 
>> would mention it. Their prices seem pretty reasonable.
>> Hope this helps,
>> Greg W.
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark J. Cadigan" <kramc11 at gmail.com>
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>> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 6:46 PM
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Textbook Questions
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>>
>>>
>>> I am unable to find any of my text books this year either on RFBD or 
>>> book share. I am wondering if anyone has tips on how to get digital 
>>> files of the book from publishers. If I can't get the digital copy of 
>>> the book, I am going to have to scan it and OCR it. Does anyone know of 
>>> a professional company that will do this? Has anyone found a scanner 
>>> with a paper feed device that works well with OCR software?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Mark
>>>
>>>
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