[nabs-l] Are there any other sources for books?

[Sophie Trist]

Homberto,

Barring the expense of buying it from the iTunes store or 
Audible, I don't see what's wrong with that. Is your group 
reading together in class or just reading the same chapters at 
the same time at home? If that's the case, couldn't you just 
listen to the book at home? A lot of times, we have to get 
creative with how we do things. And if the sighted members of 
your group are buying the book, your expense will be about the 
same as theirs.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 18 Jan 2013 01:01:43 -0700
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Are there any other sources for books?

Homberto,
  Sorry for the double post, but I think clarifications are in 
order.
I know some public libraries and university libraries allow you 
to
check out ebooks, and I've heard that some of these are 
accessible.
That's what I was talking about.

On 1/17/13, Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com> wrote:
 Homberto,
   Maybe your university library or your local public library has 
an
 accessible check-out process?  Barring that, I can't think of
 anything, if you're planning to stay on the right side of the 
law.
   Best,
 Kirt

 On 1/17/13, Humberto Avila <avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
 Hello fellow students,



 Besides Bookshare, NLS BARD, RFB&D, Learning Ally, and any 
cooperating
 Talking and book library, is there any other resource that I can 
use to
 find
 free e-books I can read with JAWS?

 The reason I am asking this questions is because my English 
instructor
 has
 assigned reading groups, and each group is to pick out a book to 
read
 together. However, the book that we've chosen for my group is 
not to be
 found anywhere in any of those sites I've mentioned above. I 
looked, and
 pretty much exhausted my search.

 The only place I have found my book is in the iTunes store and 
on
 Audible.com, but it costs about $20. I'm also trying to avoid 
the hassle
 of
 buying the print copy of the book just to show my Disability 
Support
 office
 my receipt, so they can convert it for me in e-text or Braille 
or Audio
 format. Plus, all the print book ends up doing anyways, is 
sitting for
 months collecting particles of dust in a shelf or suitcase.



 So, do you know of any other sites I could browse? Other ideas I 
could
 try?
 Please let me know ASAP. Otherwise, I will be an unhappy 
scholar.



 Sincerely,

 Humberto

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