[nabs-l] obtaining electronic texts

[Darian Smith]

you can  also just contact the publisher directly, let them know
you've baught the book and would like a copy.  In basic, all the
person in your DSO is doing is contacting them and seeing if they have
it.  If they don't have  it on CD, maybe they can send it as a file.
  Thoughts?

On 2/4/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Hi Darian,
> I suppose I can search bookshare for it; not a member yet because bookshare
> had more literary stuff not textbooks; but I hear that changed in recent
> years.
> I did check rfb.  I was very surprised about this complicated proccess.  I
> think they should order the book on CD and give it to me.  That is much
> simplier than trying to download and unzip a file.
>
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darian Smith
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 2:02 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] obtaining electronic texts
>
> Ashley, the process at your former campus is  the process that I am
> more familiar with. Another option might be checking   the RFB and D
> website. Also, bookshare is a great resource.   I do appoligise if  I
> have suggested rutes that you have already taken.
> hope  this wasHelpful,
>   Darian
>
> On 2/4/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am a part time student at northern virginia community college, nova,
>> which
>> is the largest community college in VA.  It has several campuses.  I’m at
>> one of the larger ones
>> Well, I am rather surprised at the procedure for obtaining electronic
>> books
>> through the disability office who gets them via the publisher.
>> What does your school do?
>> This is some continuing education for me.
>> In my undergraduate studies, I would obtain the book, give a copy of the
>> receit to DSS, and they would give me a CD; the text was in word format by
>> chapter.
>> Yet at nova they want proof of purchase but then the ebook comes in a
>> downloadable link from the dss counselor.
>> You click on a link, save it to the computer, and click on the link to get
>> it downloaded from the internet and it’s a zipped file.
>>
>> I found this weird.  The unfair thing is the link requires you to download
>> an “expander” something that will unzip the file.
>> You can only download a trial version of the expander for a certain period
>> of time and then have to pay for it; so the next book I get from DSS will
>> not be unzippable from online because the expander, stuff it, is a free
>> trial for thirty days.
>>
>> This is a mess and I don’t see why the dss counselor can’t get a CD or
>> better yet download the book, unzip it and put it on a CD!
>> I opened the book and its unreadable junk so I’m trying to get another
>> download link from the dss counselor.
>>
>> Ashley
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