[nabs-l] college ebooks question

[Suzanne Germano]

We are required to buy books just like everybody else. If the book does not
already come electronic which you can buy then we are required to by a
print version to have scanned to electronic. If we don't pay for a book it
is no different than stealing it.


On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 7:16 AM, Helga Schreiber <
helga.schreiber26 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi guys, this is Helga. I think buying the books and bring a receipt is
> not really so good. They are actually very expensive. It's not need for us
> to purchase books with our own money since we can't  read it and we are
> going to get an electronic copy of it. But the only way if we are buying
> the book is we have financial aid in order to buy them. But Financial Aid
> always comes four or two days before class and that is not good for us
> since we are not able to get our books in text or something! I think they
> should give Financial aid to all visually impaired studets and other
> disabled students in order to buy the books before hand so that they can
> give it to the DSS office! What do you think about this? Just curious! Hope
> to hear from you soon. Thanks so much and God bless!! :)
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Mar 22, 2014, at 8:59 AM, "Loren Wakefield" <theweird1 at mediacombb.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ed proof that you have paid them for their work.  Why should they give
> you it for free?
> >
> > Loren
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of John
> Sanders
> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2014 9:19 PM
> > To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> > Subject: [nabs-l] college ebooks question
> >
> > Hi all,
> > I have a question:  I'm currently attending Lansing Community College
> and the Office of disability services department is saying that if I want
> to have a inclass assistant and have my textbooks translated in to etext, I
> need to buy the books and show the receipt that I had bought the books.
> > Why is this required?
> > I hope to hear from you soon.
> > Sincerely,
> > John Sanders
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