[nabs-l] resources for college textbooks

[Nallym Bravo]

Hi Patrick,
After bookshare you might want to try:
http://www.accesstext.org/fedsearch.php
which searches through several other accessible textbook resources.
At the NABS meeting at Convention there was a speaker from a new resource called
The student ebook rental pilate project, and it seemed really good.
The blio bookstore also has textbooks.
As far as contacting publishers goes, it's worth a try. In my experience, Pearson has been super helpful. I just had to show them my receipt for having bought the print textbook and they have sent a PDF within a couple of weeks. If you are going to contact publishers, though, I would suggest you do it as soon as possible because they sometimes take a while.
So best of luck, hope you can find everything you need, and enjoy the college experience :)

Best,
Nallym 
On Aug 8, 2011, at 12:16 PM, Patrick Molloy wrote:

> Hi everyone:
> I'm about to start my freshman year at Muhlenberg College and am
> trying to find electronic copies of textbooks and running into
> difficulty. If books are not on bookshare, what do you all recommend?
> Is it worth my while to try contacting publishers for electronic
> copies?
> Thanks,
> Patrick Molloy
> 
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