[nabs-l] sources of braille books

[Lillie Pennington]

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> On Dec 20, 2013, at 6:33 AM, minh ha <minh.ha927 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> NLS is the only service I can think of where you can borrow books. As
> for purchasing them, there are several organizations that braille
> books and distribute them for free or at a very low price. The Braille
> Institute in California has a huge collection of children/young adult
> braille books that they give to students for free. Also, Seedlings and
> the National Braille Press make very high quality books that you can
> buy. I remember buying the Harry Potter series from NBP for 20 dollars
> a book, which was about the same price as the regular print books.
> Minh
> 
>> On 12/20/13, Joshua Hendrickson <louvins at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi.  I also wouldn't go with APH.  They do have some fiction books or
>> at least they did when I did a check a couple years ago, but there
>> prices for braille books was incredibly expensive.  NLS is where to
>> go, if you want to just check out your books.  If you have a braille
>> display, there is the bard site and the web-braille offerings.  Also,
>> don't forget about bookshare.org.
>> 
>>> On 12/20/13, marissa <pianogirlforlife7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The Library of Congress.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 01:03:25 -0500
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] sources of braille books
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> I’m looking for other sources  of braille books, either for
>>> purchase or borrowing.
>>> I might use them for my own reading pleasure or to read to others
>>> as part of community service.
>>> 
>>> So what other sources are out there? I know about the NLS
>>> collection.  I’m wondering if APH has other books other than
>>> textbooks.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> Ashley
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