[nabs-l] Book help for college

[Cricket Bidleman]

In addition to this, the Department of Vocational Rehab will cover the
cost of at least some books, and there are certain scholarships that
will do the same. If you're not yet connected with the DOR, I suggest
working on that ASAP; their policies may be a tad strange at times,
but they have tons of helpful resources. The DOR is not available to
most sighted students, and that in conjunction with the many resources
available to only blind people makes us very lucky indeed ... After
all, someone has to pay for the books to be put online, someone has to
pay for them to get transcribed, etc. Even under the odd circumstance
that you do have to pay for some of your books personally, it's good
practice ... And it's virtually guaranteed that your personal textbook
costs will be at a bare minimum in comparison to most (if not all) of
your sighted peers. Hope this helps!

Best,
Cricket Bidleman

On 7/30/16, Angela  via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I agree, although some books are available on book share, you should have to
> buy the books that are not available. Cited students have to buy them no
> matter matter what, so you should consider yourself lucky if your book is
> available on book share.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 30, 2016, at 10:30 AM, Karl Martin Adam via NABS-L
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Sighted students have to buy the books, so it's really not unreasonable
>> for you to need to buy them as well.  Though as a blind person you do have
>> access to books on Bookshare, and if you know what your books are going to
>> be several months in advance, you can request Bookshare to produce them
>> for you.  Some books are also available as e-books through IBooks,
>> GoogleBooks, etc., which are at least partially accessible. The only
>> problem with e-books, and many bookshare books that were provided by
>> publishers, is that they often are not paginated, which makes them
>> difficult to cite.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Emma Mitchell via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>> Date sent: Sat, 30 Jul 2016 09:33:36 -0400
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Book help for college
>>
>> Dear all,
>> What do you do for school books? My university converts them for me in to
>> a word document but in order for them to be converted the physical book
>> has to be rented or bought. My question since physical books are
>> inaccessible how can I save money and get the access I need?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
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